Greetings from room 8017 of the luxury Flagler Hospital in St Augustine Florida

Yesterday was fairly eventful. The pain pump was removed, and a pint of blood was put in. I did two walks of 150 and 250 ft, using a walker. Now I have no extra cords or tubes to worry about. I also did two stints on the cpm machine , which means, I think, "continous progressive movement. Any way, your knee gets strapped into this device and it moves back and forth, forcing the knee to bend to two prescribed angles, mine being 0 and 85 degrees. The machine looks formidable , but it really is a pussycat. I use it for two hours at a time, and always have full control. I can adjust the angle up or down or push a button to instantly release the pressure.

Today we did the 250 ft walk and then a shorter walk, which also included going up and down steps. The significance of this activity was that It was done without the knee support brace. One more support item gone.

All of the Drs and their reps were in over the weekend, and all asked about my plans. When told I did Not know, it was up to my surgeon, Dr Dew, they all indicated that I seemed ready to go. So hopefully, tomorrow is the day.

We are still learning how to use this neat little device that Heidi gave us. The next project is learning how to quickly transfer photos, which we have some we want to share.

Time to wrap this up and look forward to enjoying life without crutches.

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Sorry for any typos.