Fun Day Today ....

Yesterday was the first day of real “stir craziness!” It didn’t seem to matter what I did, but I was simply tired of being at home. I kept telling myself that I could still be in the hospital, so be grateful. At least there were no 4:30am shots. I rode in the car to Wal-Mart and Walgreen's last night, which was my big outing for the day. We stopped by Sonic on the way home for a banana shake.

Only three more days until we get to see the foot … yippee! Can you tell that I’m excited? Even if there is not a lot new, at least we’ll know that it is still healing. I’m also hoping that the surgeon will be able to tell us if we have more flexibility with the April 22nd toe surgery. I’d say that my arm is back to about 80% normal now … pretty good for only three weeks post-op. The TX surgeon said “not yet” on using any creams for scar therapy; he wants to make sure that the arm is truly healed, so I need to wait another week or so. He said to keep being patient and all will be well. He is looking forward to receiving foot pictures via e-mail next week.

I had lunch today with a friend and it was fantastic to get out for awhile … thanks, Fran!

I received an edible fruit bouquet today and LOVED the chocolate covered strawberries – very yummy! Thanks to Craig & Twila for helping to brighten my day.

For our first meal when we left the hospital, we ate lunch at a Chinese place called Pei Wei (casual version of PF Changs). The Sprite that I had was the best drink ever, as it was the first time of drinking something fizzy in over a week. I had a fortune cookie at the end of lunch and on one side of the fortune was one word written in Chinese. The word on my fortune was “foot.” What are the odds!

I am reading the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. It is an easy read … very inspirational and will cause you to think about how you spend your time and life lessons. It has been so nice to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine yesterday and today.

We may go to my house to spend the night on Friday night, so I could get back to my own bed for one night. We were going to go before San Antonio and then ran out of time. I have not slept in my own bed since April 20th and one night might be enough to get me through the next week.

Glad we are almost through with another week!
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