Update...

Well, I stink at keeping up with my blog. :)

Just wanted to give you an update on how things have been going.

I have been attending physical therapy 3 times a week for the past 6.5 weeks. I started with being able to bend my knee only to 70 degrees and now am up to 120 degrees.

I started on 2 crutches and now I am off of crutches, but if I go out in public I take a cane to help keep people from bumping into me.

Back at the end of July I flew back to Kansas City to attend a wedding. It was a bit scary to fly after surgery, but the people at Southwest were very helpful. I was able to board the plane first and sit in the front row so I could stretch my leg out in front of me. While I was home, my brother sprained his ankle and was also on crutches. We were quite the pair.

I finished my work with the knee CPM (Constant Passive Motion) machine on July 21st and so was on it for a little less than a month. For the first 6 weeks, I was given an electric stim machine that sends electric shocks through my knee to help with pain. It has been my best friend. I went to see the new Harry Potter movie (2.5 hours long) and would not have been able to sit though it without my e-stim machine. It also helped with my flights when I went back to Kansas City. Luckily they extended the use of it for another 6 weeks and after that peroid, if I am still using it, they will go to my insurance company and ask if they will purchase it for me. I hope that happens.

I'm considering changing physical therapists as I am not getting as much 1 on 1 time with the Disney physical therapists as I'd like. They have too many patients and not enough space or therapists. I hate to hurt their feelings or make them mad, but I need to get better.

At my last doctor's appointment on July 29th, I had to wait for over an hour to be seen. Then, after having my leg bent that long in the waiting room, it did not want to go straight. The doctor told me I needed to work on this (I wanted to say he needed to work on getting his patients in faster, but I bit my tounge haha). Then he said that I was making good progress, but he hoped I would be farther than where I am. That was SO frustrating to hear. I feel I can only do what my knee allows me to do.

Anyway, I have another doctors appointment next Wednesday, August 26th. I think I'll be released back to seated work only. This means I'll be backstage at Disney rolling silverwear in napkins or making kid meal boxes again. Not excited to go back to that work, but ready to do something.