knees
Today’s my first day back in the office and N’s first day on his own *gasp*. I already spoke to him this morning so at least I know he won’t be lying on the floor unconscious when I get home.
His surgery went well, or at least that’s what we were told by the MDs. The recovery is another story. At this point he’s still having a very hard time bending his knee and therefore, can’t drive. This I think is what’s really killing him, being stuck.
He started physical therapy last Thursday and we saw tremendous improvement. So, given the PT’s advice to not get “cooped up at home” we went for dinner and drinks Friday night. Saturday morning his knee was slightly pink and somewhat swollen. So went on the weekend, he went out for a few hours on Saturday and some on Sunday. Well, now his knee is swollen. Both the MD and PT told him to walk and place more weight on it but his knee doesn’t seem to be reacting well to any of this. Good thing he has another PT appt. tomorrow.
Something else… I sliced my leg throwing out the trash last week and had to get some stitches, very minor. Anyway, the MD prohibited me from any running for 12 days. I’m on day 10, or 11. It’s been killing me not to run. Hell I even ran today. I hate being restricted! This did give me a sense to what N is feeling right now too. I at least get to run is a few days; he still has a long road ahead. Poor guy, he’s been a real trooper about everything. If it were me, well let’s thank the lord it’s not ‘cause it wouldn’t be good.
Thank you babe for being a very good patient!
2 comments:
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Coach tells me that it's very common for athletes to have down time recovering from injuries and strains. He says it's just par for the course... and I'm slowly learning to trust that. Nothing is permanent and you will both be back in form just as soon as your bodies are ready.
I know it sucks having to sit around and the thing that helped me was finding worthwhile projects to distract me while on my keister. School classes work beautifully... so does blogging and keeping up on my technical reading. If you don't already have a subscription to the CrossFit Journals... they are an excellent way to spend time usefully... as is Perfomance Menu. You can find links for both on the Academy home page.
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That is a nasty gash you got! Those stitches look cool though.
And tell N not to be such a chillon! He shoulda got that knee fixed a long time ago! LOL [insert evil laugh here]
