Report from Charlotte
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Mamie is now resting in bed, hooked up to what is popularly known as "the torture machine." Its technical name is the constant passive motion (CPM) machine, and a post-op knee patient puts their leg in it while the machine gently lifts the leg up and down in order to increase the knee's range of motion. Mamie was in severe pain for the first 2-3 days after her knee replacement, but she has done amazingly well since. She finds the torture machine to be "soothing" and she is scooting around the house with her walker at an ever more spritely pace.
Mame is like her siblings in being able to tolerate long periods of bedrest with equanimity. She has a tall stack of fun magazines, the first volume of The Hunger Games trilogy, and the TV set on HGTV. She's received lots of flowers and a steady stream of zucchini bread. I straighten up, wash her hair, and "spot" her as she gets in and out of chairs. Steve hauls the CPM around, runs errands, and grills. He's very attentive to Mamie and makes her feel cared for.
On a shelf near the kitchen I discovered a photo of Mamie and Steve at Morgantown. They're about 24 years old, and Mamie looks like a model. She's got the cutest hair cut, is thin as a toothpick, is wearing a hot pair of shorts that falls about two inches below her butt, and her legs go on for miles. Of course, having been in charge of hospital-gown closure in the hospital, I can attest that Mame still looks pretty hot.
It's also fun to go around the house looking at all the photos of Jared and Keith when they were little. I wish I could still pick them up and squeeze them!
The weather in Charlotte is mild and sunny---absolutely gorgeous. Dad is on his way to take over auxiliary help duties tomorrow as I head home.
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Mamie is now resting in bed, hooked up to what is popularly known as "the torture machine." Its technical name is the constant passive motion (CPM) machine, and a post-op knee patient puts their leg in it while the machine gently lifts the leg up and down in order to increase the knee's range of motion. Mamie was in severe pain for the first 2-3 days after her knee replacement, but she has done amazingly well since. She finds the torture machine to be "soothing" and she is scooting around the house with her walker at an ever more spritely pace.
Mame is like her siblings in being able to tolerate long periods of bedrest with equanimity. She has a tall stack of fun magazines, the first volume of The Hunger Games trilogy, and the TV set on HGTV. She's received lots of flowers and a steady stream of zucchini bread. I straighten up, wash her hair, and "spot" her as she gets in and out of chairs. Steve hauls the CPM around, runs errands, and grills. He's very attentive to Mamie and makes her feel cared for.
On a shelf near the kitchen I discovered a photo of Mamie and Steve at Morgantown. They're about 24 years old, and Mamie looks like a model. She's got the cutest hair cut, is thin as a toothpick, is wearing a hot pair of shorts that falls about two inches below her butt, and her legs go on for miles. Of course, having been in charge of hospital-gown closure in the hospital, I can attest that Mame still looks pretty hot.
It's also fun to go around the house looking at all the photos of Jared and Keith when they were little. I wish I could still pick them up and squeeze them!
The weather in Charlotte is mild and sunny---absolutely gorgeous. Dad is on his way to take over auxiliary help duties tomorrow as I head home.
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1 Comments:
It's great how you can take the ordinary things of life and express them so interestingly. Are you still writing that Twilight book? If not, get to work on it or some other book!!
Sally
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