Well the day has finally arrived. Tomorrow my husbands fraternity brother(yes,he is a doctor) will cut into my knee,which of course feels pretty good and make it feel pretty bad. I know this is how it's supposed to work. I know the better it feels before they go in the easier the recovery-but jeez I can almost see why people don't get ACL reconstruction done.
Except that I prefer to know my knee will be stable when I have to dodge cars on our personal autobahn to get the mail!
The hospital called and I have be there at 7:15 am. I hope the doc has his coffee because I don't want him dozing off with a drill in his hands. I could end up with all kinds funky, unorthodox piercings (actually they'd just be holes, but I needed a euphemism to make it more palatable). Not to mention I just found out that the heart pumps with enough pressure to shoot your blood 30ft (thanks Mom). Wow, the operating room would look like a Monty Python skit.As long as I don't wake up to "bring out your dead" I'll be happy.
I'm actually more worried about after I get home. Think about this, I am immobilized temporarily and at the mercy of my family!! There's a good chance they'll just shut me out on the porch and forget me-thereby starving me to death!Oh well maybe I'll write book about it called "The ACL Recovery Diet" at least my butt won't get big. Worse than that would be leaving the door open and letting me see all the stuff they aren't doing! Oh- like I can bend over and pick any of it up,won't you all just love that. Maybe they'll turn it into a crutch obstacle course and force me to beat my best time in order to get my next meal(this would be the exercise chapter of the book).
Actually I have a wonderful family who will take good care of me,thanks guys! Thanks Mom & Dad-who are on their way here right now!
And if they don't I'll put it in my blog-ahh the power!!!!
I'm off for a couple of Ketel One Citroens and an exceptionally fattening "last meal". I will not repeat all the eating I did on my birthday I promise!
Please Pray,
Beth
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AND YOU HAVE WONDERFUL FRIENDS THAT WILL LOOK AFTER YOU!
We will be thinking of you Beth and will do our best to help you and keep your house running smoothly and your children out of jail and your husband not joining the emperors club during this recovery!!!
and if your dogs pester you to go in and out all day, we will make a shoot directly from the porch to the backyard, sort of like a chicken run....
Oh like the idea of the recovery diet, make it all liquid and I will sign up too!
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