Almost a Normal Evening

No, I didn't write a second post last night, but mostly for good reasons. Yesterday I had just awakened from a 2-hour nap after the exertion of coming down the stairs. At that point, I took two Percocets, forced myself to eat a little lunch (ice cream and applesauce--balanced, eh?), and then waited for the physical therapist to arrive.

What can I say about physical therapy? I dread it and it's hard, but it's a real ego boost. My therapist keeps telling me that I'm doing so well that I will barely need the out-of-home physical therapy. My range of motion is good and getting better. I am not using the walker and barely need the cane except for stability, i.e. I can walk across a room on my own with no problem. I can do all the exercises he makes me do although they are, shall we say, not comfortable! As much as he praises me, however, I still dread to see him come because I know I'm in for 45 minutes of at least periodic agony.

Once my PT was over, Stan asked if he could have an hour off to go to the pool to go swimming, so I situated myself on the couch to read, but it was SO hot in the family room (south side of the house) that I moved to my temporary bedroom on the north side of the house where it was noticeably cooler. I read until Stan returned, and then read some more, but fell asleep at 3:30 and slept until 5:30. My daughter-in-law arrived at 6:00 to give me my shot, and while she was here, Stan went out to Manhattan Pizza to get himself a pizza for dinner and me a BLT sandwich for dinner. Having slept so late and having finally started feeling pretty good, Stan and I had our dinner, watched some mindless TV (Hawaii 5-0, yes, it's dumb but Stan likes it and I have no particular objection), and then we actually sat around talking, and I managed to stay awake!

So that, in my very lengthy way of explaining things, is why I didn't write a second post yesterday. I think this was the first evening when I felt almost normal. I wasn't falling over exhausted at 7:30, and I felt pretty good. It was actually 10:00 when I turned out my light last night--unbelievable! Maybe there's hope that life will return to normal before too awfully much longer.

Tune in again this afternoon or evening, and I'll tell you about today. It's going to be unbearably hot, so again, let's all hope that the electricity stays on and that our air conditioners all continue to work!