She emerges!
Hubby is doing relatively well - still on O2, but certainly has not settled himself down! He's been vacuum packing his 'survivalist' rations, playing on the computer, and even baking bread. He's rigged himself a nifty 75 ft oxygen tube so that he can traverse most of the house. What he didn't figure was that one of our 20lb cats would see it as a piece of 'string' to be chased... So often hubby will be walking only to have his O2 tube pull off - with 20lbs of boy-cat sitting on top and wrestling the darned thing!
We've been trying to keep busy - a trip to the grocery one day, movie the next. Today a previously scheduled ENT appt. He's getting pretty used to loading the O2 tank in the vehicle, but he may need to take some O2 driving lessons, as the tank hits counter corners and the legs of chairs more often than not
His mood is up and down. There's not been a lot of improvements while *off* oxygen, so I'm sure he's frightened about that. He also still has the back pain - but then he will swing to the side of being happy to be alive.... All to be expected, I'm sure. Emotionally, I'm in 'survival' and 'caretaker' numb mode - having to make sure he's hooked himself up to the right oxygen source...adjusting his dislodged canula... Or remembering to turn his pulse-ox alarm on before he goes to sleep. He still needs assistance with some things - and he is often tired, so I'm holding down the fort as best I can (and trying to clean it as I go!).
I randomly have flashbacks - these still pictures in my mind that bring a wave of emotion as if I'm living the event again. But luckily they are getting less frequent. I have a lot of cries that need to happen, but with all that is going on, haven't quite found the time. So the dam is up, and I'm just trying to let a little bit out at a time.
Knee seemed to take a turn toward the better yesterday (I *really* hope I didn't jinx myself saying that!) - I even went on a 1/2 mile walk in our neighborhood (a record for me with all the swelling). It swelled up nicely, but tylenol handled the pain last night, and that is good! Realized today that I can sit down and get up from the toilet fairly comfortably without using my arms or hands. Woo hoo! It's the little things! Them again, we have the high seat toilets, so not sure if I would fall into the toilet or not if I used a regular height potty
Still have night pain - some nights I'd like to rip my leg off, others (like last night) were relatively minor. So even the knee is behaving.... Well, as well as a toddler knee can
Haven't had much outdoor time.... Still too afraid to leave the house (2 more weeks while he is considered 'high risk' for a recurrence), but looking forward to a day when I can go get a massage, walk in the park, or 'get my nails did'
Unfortunately, b/w updating family and friends, I have been reticent to type any more than necessary, or to browse the net much. Instead, we managed to binge watch "Bosch" and are now on to "the Designated Survivor".
Hopefully things will continue to improve with Bill and I'll be back to hang around more this coming week. Maybe I can even gripe about my knee.... Just for old times sake
Thank you guys for checking on me! I do believe I have some thread catching-up to do!
for the green lighters. And a hearty hand shake for our
@Spex10! :cool: