Originally posted to my Facebook page on December 17, 2015:
Day 4 Post Hip Replacement Surgery:
I have a good track from our bedroom to the kitchen island and around for me to do my laps with my walker. Joe B has told me to slow down twice as I went speeding down the hallway. I don’t think I’m going very fast, but I do slow down when he tells me to.
I have 21 staples in my hip, and the incision is 14 centimeters long. Joe B can change the dressing like a pro. The home health nurse was impressed with my surgeon, said the healing incision was perfect. No bruising, no redness or swelling, etc.
It feels so good to be home. I crashed out for a nap soon after arriving home yesterday. Joe B is running the household and the Swirlies are so helpful. I think we all slept good last night for the first time since the weekend.
We’ve had some wonderful meals delivered by Leona Azure, A’sha Pruitt, Melissa & Isaiah Stewart, and Shelby’s GS Troop. Fresh food and delicious recipes…everything is very much appreciated.
I am doing my sets of exercises for PT on my own. Made Joe B a little nervous when I told him I was going to practice walking stairs. 2 trips up and down and I had enough. He was pleased that I’m not pushing myself, that for now I am taking things slowly.
Some of my nutty friends (and I have several…), were saying that I would be able to tell the ethnicity of my blood donor by my food cravings after my transfusion. If I craved spicy food, curry, Italian food, etc., Lol.
I must have received blood from a health nut donor….or a vegan. Because all I’ve been craving are fresh veggies and fruits and water. Hahahaha….Joe B just said, “Oh Noooooooo….”
Joe B and Shelby picked out a grabbity-grabber tool for me. It’s awesome. No more calling someone to pick up the end of my phone charger, I can reach a remote control on the TV stand from my bed, and I can pick up one of my pill bottles.
And now Shelby is trying to over on my grabbity-grabber 3000 and demonstrating how she could wrangle snakes with it…the demo is complete with her using one of her stuffed cobras.
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