cruising along

The night did not go real well, although we survived it.As far as I was concerned there was no improvement. We did not have enough pain pills to last the weekend, so we called the Dr again and they got us in at 2:15 in St Augustine. At this time it did appear that the cortisone might be starting to work. Anyway we got a new prescription for a more powerful pain pill, and they applied an ace bandage followed by a velcro with steel knee brace. This does not let the knee move which gets away from the very painful moments when the knee exceeds the range where it is comfortable. The next appointment remains Monday the21st. We shall see what happens.

I have been sitting here for several hours, in a fairly comfortable position so that part is ok. However, the brace makes my leg longer which makes it very difficult to get in and out of the car, plus getting up or down on a chair.

The good thing is I am home with my stuff, my cook, and my best friend.

Now for a little story about what happened two weeks ago. Norma had a motion detector light that was not working. We had one that also was not working, so I bought 2 new ones and installed ours first. We came from a play(more about it later)and it was dark so the light came on, like it was supposed to. There, right in front of us ,at the base of the steps , was a large full grown oppossum. Naturally, we made noises and he went away. Now what would have happened if we had walked into the opossum. Would he have bitten or clawed us? we don't know. Probably he would have yowled or screamed or whatever they do and run away, leaving us to wonder what the hell was that. Anyway , thanks to Norma we had an operating light and no mystery.