It's pronounced chee-POHT-lay

You gotta love this stuff! Forgive the sideways picture I've not mastered the art of blackberry :-)
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I think my cat is jealous of Hello Kitty

This morning, like all mornings, I awoke to my sweetheart cat on my head and began our morning ritual pet session. She purrs like mad.

This morning was really amusing. See I've been keeping Hello Kitty band-aids over the small incisions and ugly plain large band-aids over the zipper like staples. As my cat Joon was doing her standard stroll up and down the side of me rooting, purring, and flipping over she unexpectedly bit one of the Hello Kitty band-aids. It's hard to laugh, wince, and pull a cat off your knee all at the same time. The irony was priceless. I'm switching to camo band-aids today! HA!

Here's an updated shot of both my knees. I realize I don't have sexy knees and there's not much I can do about it. The swelling has really gone down in the left knee. The bruising around the incisions is very minimal. My PT routine is definitely helping retrain my quad muscle. I'm hoping they'll give me some more exercises to do when at home during PT at the clinic today.
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USAV Friendship Tourney

These guys are incredible!
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What the good knee looks like

Decided I'd take a pic of what the good knee looks like next to the reconstructed knee to set a marker for improvement over the next few weeks.
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Frankenstein Knee, not for the squeamish

I'm uploading a picture of the frankenstein staples in my knee accompanied by the hello kitty band aids :-) sorry the pic is graphic but it's pretty amazing what your body can go through. I was able to take a full shower today and get off a lot of the ick on my knee. The warm shower felt nice on my knee. I've been icing it and elevating it a lot to keep down the swelling so it's been pretty cold since the surgery. Warm for a bit felt good. I think I'm progressing along really well. I sat on the edge of the bed and relaxed and was able to bend my knee pretty well. Straightening it was a bit uncomfortable but I did it. Enough blogging for now. Gotta finish my lunch, take some vicodin, and head to therapy.
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Drive Home 1 Hour Post Knee Surgery

This is my lovely leg on the way home from the hospital. It's got gauze then ace bandaged followed by the immobility brace. The red tube is actually a clear tube draining my knee. I know, gross, right? I agree. That tube will come out late Saturday. I can pull it out myself...but I'm too sissy to do it so nurse Jessica is going to do it. I might toss the few cookies in my tummy.



I had a nerve block just before this surgery and I have to say that has made the surgery bearable so far. The bits of pain I've had are nothing in comparison to what is really there. I'm sure once it fully wears off, the bone pain is gonna be hard to deal with.

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The Cube

Crazy weird car. Nissan cube.

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Lunch at the Green Symposium

Yummy lunch

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Embossed Business Card

Top of a business card I just received from today's guest speaker. Pretty fancy card. Yes that is embossed.

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Only in H-town

I was driving down hillcroft on Friday and this truck passed me. It crackberried me up! I just had to share. Anyone for a mobile wash?
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