Arthroscopic Surgery

I did it! I am soo glad it is over! Now the fun hard stuff begins. Physical Therapy. I went yesterday for Mr. Funk to unwind me and get me started on my exercises. It went better than I thought it would, and he was impressed with all that I was able to do. And I actually felt better coming out of therapy, than going into it. Here are a couple pictures of the past couple days. The guy in the the last two photos is Mr. Funk, my therapist.

The surgery went really well, or so I was told by Dr. Lemak. I got to the hospital at 5 am, and they were wheeling me back for surgery around 6:30. They gave me a numbing shot, so I did not feel my IV at all! That was a big relief. My anesthesiologist was really kind, but they gave me some kind of giggly medicine that made me loopy, so I remember little of them getting me ready for surgery. I woke up at 8:35, with lines and tubes attached to me everywhere. Thankfully, the more I woke up, the more lines they took off of me. My three nurses in recovery; Tim, Susan, and Lindsey were very kind and funny. Tim was the funniest though. After 3 doses of Morphine, a dose of a nausea medicine, a couple hours to wake up, and many instructions from doctors and nurses, they sent me home. We got home around 12:30 and Mom, Dad and I slept most of the afternoon. Boo and Witt came over and visited for a while and then before I knew it, it was time for bed.

Yesterday morning was rough, because the medicine that they had given me at the hospital had worn off. But surprisingly, after doing some exercises and icing my knees at therapy, my knees felt better. My knees felt well enough, that Mom and I ran into Food Giant to get somethings for dinner. The electric buggies are fun!

I am at the 5 hour mark for my pain medicine, so I need to go eat something, so I can take some medicine when I need it.

Till next time...