Please keep her before our Lord and God in prayer and bring her name to HIM, JOAN.
She is somewhat better today but all of the bone cutting and knee removing , resizing the leg to the same length as the other one in addition to the TOTAL knee replacement means this one hurts a lot more than the last one.. The incision is brutally ugly.. And its about 14 inches in length..
I truly have empathy for what she has gone thru just to be able to walk evenly on both feet and legs..
I purchased an ICE MACHINE that circulates ice cold water thru a tube into a wrap that goes around the injured area. That is helping and I asked the doctor to kindly increase the strength of the pain killer.
He did. That has helped. This will be a long recovery period. I am contemplating my future now that this has happened and realizing we ain't getting any younger.
SO I have been doing some soul searching thruout this time being on call 24/7 She cannot get on our bed so she lays on the wide sectional with one side made into a soft comfy sleeping area for her.
I have taken the "L" side of the sectional at night and am laying there trying to sleep and helping her with things thru the night.
Her sister came down from out of town and has been here the whole time helping as well.
I need her as my health continues to decline.. It's looking to me more and more likely that the stats on longevity after a diagnosis of Heart Failure appear to me to be pretty spot on..
I am also declining in strength and durability. Memory is not too good either anymore.
So I want to go get our funeral plots and arrangement taken care of before I need them.
This whole thing has gotten me to think a lot about life and reality..
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