Saturday 12.24.11 Christmas Eve 4 days post

Today things went better. I was a little more alert. I had this great idea to use a tennis shoe on my left foot to raise me up a little so I was not putting as much weight on the right. Cush, my favorite of the OT nurses, agreed that might work. I really liked her because she was blunt, and she was patient. She worked so hard for me and took her time. She kept checking on me and made another visit when my hubby brought the shoe. I was able to walker to the wheel chair and Cush wheeled me down the hall. WOW that was rough. When you sit down and not move for 5 days, being wheeled in a chair at top speed was madness!! LOL!! Well I was able to get up and walker about 10 feet and then I turned around and walkered back and Cush wheeled me back to my room. Woohoo! Success! I was so happy :) There was no way I was going to no rehab facility. Today was boring after this though. that was so exhausting moving around.

There's my 5 year old Mickaela coming to visit me :D

First pic of my incision, no staples and no stitches :)