An Update . . .

First, let me say . . . that my friends have been terrific these last 2 weeks . . . this photo is from a card that came with a very nice gift from my friend, Nicole . . . something to help lift up my spirits . . . and lift them up she sure did . . .

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so the update . . . Mom came home a week ago last Tues. . . . with a special diet . . . and instructions to take things very easy . . . we met with the surgeon in Boston this past Monday . . . and need to see him again the end of August after he has totally reviewed everything and decided exactly what will be done . . . she will be having surgery sometime in September . . . we do know that it will be a tough surgery . . . with a pretty long recovery . . . but she has such a strong spirit . . . and such a great attitude . . .

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now . . . to make matters worse . . . in as short a story as I can tell . . . 2 days after Mom came home . . . I went to a local chain pharmacy to get some things for Mom . . . and pick up her Rx's . . . didn't see a huge puddle on the floor . . . and fell . . .

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I won't go into all the details . . . except to say I did a kick like I haven't done since I was 14 . . . and then landed in a split . . . and immediately passed out . . . I've torn all the muscles, tendons, and ligaments from the bottom of my butt to my ankle . . . the pain has been incredible . . . I wasn't able to sit at all for the first 5 days . . .

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this couldn't have come at a worse time . . . but then again . . . is there ever a good time for something like this . . . Mom says it was so I would slow down . . .

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but thanks to my doctor giving me some prednisone to help with the inflammation . . . and the best physical therapist a person could have who has been using ultrasound and electronic stimulation on it all . . . I am getting better every day . . . at least I am finally sitting . . . not pain free . . . but sitting . . . for short periods of time . . .

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the deep down pain is pretty good now . . . and has mostly turned into a real soreness . . . my sciatic is still bothering me . . . but I'm hoping by Monday I will be good enough to drive . . . and try to get back to normal activities . . .

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sooooooooo . . . hopefully this is the END of bad news . . . now that I can sit for a short time I am going to try to get some sewing in this weekend . . . that will pick up my spirits . . . and maybe I will finally have something good to post . . .