Back to Normal(ish)

Let me start by saying it has not been all Facebook and Netflix on the couch since my surgery in November, at all. In fact, I did not allow myself a "laying around period" post surgery this time. I got out of the hospital on Wednesday and on Friday night I through Isaac's 9th birthday party. Then that Saturday I went to a baby shower and so on...You're getting the picture. I tried to disrupt our "normal" as little as possible.

Riley goes to play with her friends 3 days a week. Those three days are supposed to be the day I rest and have quality time with Isaac. Instead, I drop Riley off and hit the ground running trying to squeeze as much productivity as is humanly possible into those few precious hours. Until two weeks ago therapy came to me and I was still cautiously weight bearing. Not anymore. I started out patient physical therapy two weeks ago. I was also told by the doctor "you're healed, go crazy."

To clarify healed means the bones knitted back together and I am in no danger of popping it out or re-breaking. It does not mean I'm back to my level of functioning pre-surgery. There's been a lot of atrophy and there was always weakness. Not to mention I have never had both hips in the sockets in 30yrs. I have to learn to walk closer to the way normal people do (at least as far as my hips go) it's been tricky.

I digress, I have in the last three days in (addition to cleaning, organizing, blogging, crafting, homework checking, entertaining, cooking. bathing, etc) started finally doing dishes and laundry without assistance! I know my life is soooo glamorous. We do not have a dishwasher so standing and hand washing dishes was a test of endurance, but I passed the other day. Although my laundry room is accessible by wheelchair there's no getting the clothes out of the washer without standing, reaching and a wee bit of climbing, but I did that too.

Did I mention I was tired? My dad who's also recovering from orthopedic surgery (he broke his leg) keeps asking me if I'm bored. I wish. No, actually I don't. This is better than bored, just tiring.