Mom's Doing Well---

Mostly healed and working on getting the last few percentage points to get to 120% range of motion. The straightening is going fine, yet the bending is taking a bit more time. Almost no scar as well!

DOING WELL

Mom is amazing -- she is really taking her recovery to another level and pushing herself really hard to get moving and working. She is amazing -- working really hard to get to 120* on her flexing. Unlike a lot of other folks that I know, she follows everything that the doctors' tell her to do -- she makes sure she understands the instructions and the reasoning, and then just adds it to her workout program.

No complaints, no groveling just working it out. She is my hero...I didn't get to come down last weekend, but feeling much better this weekend.

Staples out!

Today my mom is getting the staples in her knee taken out -- I am heading out right after school to help her, as I think she might be in a little bit more pain this evening. She is walking around, and is able to straighten the knee pretty well, but bending is going to continue to be a challenge.

Thanks for all the patience and support -- you are all awesome!

The Second Week

This week the exercises are getting better. Yesterday (when I didn't drive down to Mission Viejo) the leg got so swollen from not putting it up the day before, that a trip to urgent care was needed as the foot was purple. After finding out that the car needed a new battery (after finding out that the refrigerator needs to be replaced and the plumbing overflowed the other day), the doctor said that

everything is healing well - just need to elevate more often

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So home my mom and her helper Susan came. I am getting very used to commuting and getting back into the swing of getting everything done and running to the car.