On a Roll

Amazingly enough, today continued to be a very good day. We are just on a roll! Physical therapy was quite demanding, but I did all of it, and I did it 15 times! Needless to say, I was tired by the time it was over, but I never did go to sleep this afternoon, so that's also a huge milestone. I only took one nap today!

Everyone is different, but I think that, for me, the strategy will be to take two Percocet pills right before physical therapy (take them with food!!!), but not to take them any other time. Should I feel the need for any pain medication, taking regular Tylenol should be sufficient.

It was very exciting to finish all my exercises this afternoon and then to climb the stairs all the way to the second floor and back down again. Tomorrow morning I plan to go upstairs and stay a while. What excitement it will be to get my own clothes from my own closet!

Stan left me alone for an hour this afternoon so that he could go to the swimming pool and get a little exercise and have a bit of time out in the world by himself. He's done so much for me these last few days that he really needed a break from his nursing duties.

Our daughter-in-law came by after work today to give me my shot and to look at my stitches. They have been "dry" now for two days which is very good news. Being the cautious type, I'll probably still wait another day, but I'm looking forward to a real shower in the near future!

For dinner, I actually had a specific request--Subway sandwiches. Stan went to our neighborhood Subway for ham and cheese sandwiches and they were yummy! How wonderful to have "real" food! But it's been a busy day and it's 7:30--time to start getting ready for bed. I'm tired!