Saturday, May 03, 2008
Amazing how quickly one falls back into a routine. Two pillows under the left leg. Be careful with The Black Dog up on the bed - he doesn't understand. Keep the cell phone on the bedside table. Wheelchair about 6 inches back from the step I use to get into and out of our bed (AKA Valhalla) because it's so darned tall. Two paths must stay clear: bed to bathroom, bed to living room which leads to kitchen.
At the door into the bathroom is my walker. I use the wheelchair as far as that door then I change to the walker - the doorway is a few inches too narrow for the chair. I use the walker to hop into the toilet stall, where I use my cane for balance. Or I use the walker to hop over to the sink to brush my teeth or wash my face. I'll get to take a bath every other day. We'll put the toilet chair in the tub and I'll sit on it. My leg will be wrapped and taped in large garbage bags. The Husband will scrub me and wash my hair.
Every few days I make him gird his loins and shave my legs. He always thinks he's going to cut the hell out of me. So he barely cuts the hair. I'm saying "Harder!" He's saying "I can't I can't!". There is a lot of drama about the shaving of the legs.
It's Saturday - I know this because I looked at the calendar. I've been mostly since Thursday morning except for about an hour Friday night. I'm really awake now. I've read the paper and eaten some cereal. I rolled my chair into the kitchen and sat for a while just to be in another room.
I hate the way the Betadine makes my toes look dirty when they're not - they're just stained yellow.
It's a bad sign that I'm already going a little stir crazy and I've only been down three days.
The pain was so bad at one point Thursday night that I actually called Dr. Podiatrist on the phone. I've never done that before. Inbetween my exhalations of torture, he told me to double the pain meds, add four Advil, and loosen the bandages. Just loosening the bandages worked the necessary miracle. I now officially hate ace bandages, even if they do keep my insides sewn up.
Speaking of which... wanna see a really gross picture?? I'll show them to you next time. Just don't say I didn't warn you!!!
# posted by Carol : 5:37 PM
