Day 8 - July 10

Wow....I can not believe it has already been a week. My knee is healing really well. There are areas on the incision that is already a scar! It is really exciting. The nurse came today and said it is looking like it is healing really well. She also checked my lungs and they are totally clear!! It is amazing over the last couple of years my blood pressure was not as low as it use to be. It is clear it was due to the pain! I never had high blood pressure, it was just getting higher than I would like it, especially since I was use to 90/50 and such like this. Another interesting thing is that I am not bruising. Which is really nice. I do have a weird bruise on my ankle though...LOL

I am really tired. I am still not sleeping all the way through the night. I often jerk awake at night. I also noticed something else today. Sometimes I get very uncomfortable and antsy...well I finally figured out what it is, I am in pain...lol only me would NOT know I was in pain. So I took a break through pain pill and it went away! So I think that is what is happening in the middle of the night multiples times a night, I'm in pain. I am going to try taking a pill tonight when the symptoms and see if that helps.

I have my exercises to left to do one more time tonight before I go to bed. I made more progress today. She does not measure me anymore cause she does not like her patients getting hung up on numbers. So she measured me today 2 extension 92 flexion!!! This is better than pre-op!!!! It was really exciting. She also has new PT exercises for me to do. They are all done in the chair. I have heel/toe raises, heel slides, marching, low arc quad leg lift, and chair scoot. She also did her hands on work again. I really love her! She really works my knee. Than I realized something sad today. After I no longer need in-home care I have to do out patient PT and I won't have her.... :( I hope I have a PT as good as her. It is really cool. I can feel leg getting stronger every day. Sometimes even every hour. I can feel the changes in my knee, it is very exciting. I can not wait to be healed so I can exercise and lose weight.

Today was a good day. I am really happy I did this. :)