Post-Op Day # 101 - Last Thursday

Well I did it again, I forgot to finish the updates the other day so now I'm so far behind! HA HA!


Last Thursday I know I went riding on Karma around the waterfall trail with Emily and Jenny....boy it was fun! I didn't ride too long because I'm so out of shape but it's great to be back in the saddle a few times a week if I can do it.

I can't remember hardly anything so this will be it.....haha! Oh and I know I took my 10mg of warfarin @ 8pm!

Thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 99 - Draggin My Tail

Tuesday was not pretty.......... was so damn tired from the trip and boy did I sleep in. haha!

When I finally got up I lounged around in my PJ's for quite a while enjoying the cool apartment as it was pretty warm outside.

I had an appointment at the ACC clinic to do my INR test at 3pm and my INR was 2.6 --awesome! I was relieved, I thought for sure it would have dropped after my exhausting weekend.

I left Issaquah and decided to stop by the ranch to see who was out there.....it was very quiet, too hot for most people, just one trainer was there so I stayed for a bit to chit chat and gave Karma a quick brush.

I left there and head to the grocery store to pick up a few things before coming back home to stay cool.

We had some fajita's for dinner and then relaxed for the evening --- I wasn't motivated to do anything that required energy.

I took my 10mg of warfarin @ 8pm


I was so glad to be back home.

Post-Op Day # 98 - Bye Bye VI!

Well Monday morning was busy, we woke up on the earlier side so we could get Jill to the Duke Point Ferry Terminal for the 10:15am ferry. She was just going over night and would be back to my moms the next day because she flew back to Ontario the following day.


We left the terminal and head back to my moms place so that I could drop her off and take the car so I could go down to the barn to visit Frosty again.

I had to go to the vet office first to pick up a tetanus shot and pay my bill from the Friday appointment.
I head over to the barn to see her, I didn't have too much time to do anything so just gave her some carrots/apples then talked to N&S for a few bit before heading back to my moms to make sure all my stuff was packed up.

I needed to be down in Victoria for 6pm check in time so I had a bit of time in the afternoon to chill out and actually my friend Reyna came over for a short visit so that was nice.


A friend of my moms offered to drive me down to Victoria so that was nice, one less thing for my mom to worry about plus the fact she had multiple trips to Victoria coming up in the next few days.

I got my stuff together , I said goodbye to mom and Reyna -- I think that was around 4:55pm.

It was nice of Diane to drive me and we had a fun chit chat on the way down! haha I love that lady, shes' so funny!

I got checked in and waited to board the Clipper ferry to head back to Seattle.

I took my 7.5mg of warfarin @ 8pm with my tasty "Vegetarian basket" that I had on the ferry.

Thankfully it was a smooth sailing and we made it to Seattle around 9:45pm. I was tired but happy to be back in WA State and ofcourse glad to see Adam!!!!

I flopped into bed and was OUT like a light....oh man, the bed felt good! HA HA!

well it was a fun but tiring trip for me ---but I did it CRUTCH-FREE! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Only took 3+ months to do it. haha!


Thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 96 - Time To Celebrate!

Well I slept in, boy I was soooooooo tired from Friday haha! I hung around the house in my Pj's for quite a while....haha, think I finally got dressed at 1pm! LOL

I had some lunch with my mom and her friend Jill. We stayed inside because it was so dang hot out again.

I had some time to fart around checking email etc.... before having to get showered and dolled up for the wedding. I bought a really cute black N white dress here in WA, State so wore that, plus some very cute shoes with an inch heel. Yup, I wore both shoes ---though I did take my walking boot with me in the car just incase! :-)

The ceremony was at 3pm and I needed to leave earlier to go pick up my friend Angela, she was my DATE since Adam couldn't go to the island this time.

I pick her up and we head over to the Merridale Cidery where the ceremony was, they didn't have very good signage for the wedding(not my friends fault). Finally we figure it out and start walking down the hill to where the tent was and I nearly died.....it was steep but worse part was everyone was SITTING and waiting for the bride n groom.

Angela and I get to our seats and then we hear the music start.......oh man talk about CLOSE CALL! HA HA! OH well, we made it and it was a fabulous ceremony. Tessa looked phenomenal in her dress and Brendon looked sharp in his tux.

I took a bunch of pictures so I'll have to put a couple up for you to see :-)

The ceremony finished, we got to walk up and congratulate them before everyone started to head back up the hill to where they were going to do their wedding photos.

We didn't know that we had about an hour or so before the reception started so we decided to head out and go get a cold drink/quick snack at Timmy Hortons in Mill Bay.

After that we head down to the CFB Wardroom which is part of the Naval base in Esquimalt. Wow, that place was beautiful! They had appetizers and a bar for the guest to get some bevies etc.... before moving into the dinning/dancing hall. Neither of us had anything to drink or eat at that point becuase we had Timmy's instead! HA HA!

We all moved to the hall and then the evenings festivities began. Lots of toasts, speeches etc.... and then we had a wonderful buffet dinner! mmmmmmm hmmmm fabulous food!
Oh and we had 4 other people sitting at the table with us and they were SUPER COOL! We had so much fun with them.....haha, we all kept saying that our table (#6 )was the best table there. haha!

I took my 10mg of warfarin @ 8pm! YAY ME FOR REMEMBERING! haha!

We watched Tess & Brendon have their first dance etc.... it was so awesome. After a short bit everyone got up and started to dance the night away! WOOT WOOT! Even Angela and I got up and danced for a while, though neither of us were in great shape with bad ankles! HA HA! Oh well, we did pretty good all things considered.

We stayed till midnight then head back up island home -- I dropped Angela off then made my way back to Duncan to my moms to sleeeeeeeeeeeeep! YAY! Phew, what a wonderful day but wow tiring too!

Thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 95 - Off to VI!

Well we got up super early.........EWWWWWWWWWww! I had to be downtown Seattle for 6:30am check in so that was no fun. haha!

I didn't sleep well ofcourse as I worried about oversleeping and missing my boat. haha!

We left the house at 5:45am and got there so I had plenty of time to check in and be on my way to the island for Tessa's wedding! Said bye to Adam, told him to behave......haha, na, he's a good guy, I don't have to worry about him. :-)

The ride over was smooth and I read for a bit but was too tired to do that long, my eyes didn't want to cooperate! YAWN! I didn't nap or anything, I was tired but not tired enough to risk getting a kink in my neck.

I had a yogurt basket on the way over............lets see it had a granola bar, a blueberry yogurt, an apple juice, an apple sauce -- I didn't eat it all, too much for that early. I even had a tiny bit of coffee, boy I was alert after that.

I arrived in Victoria at 10:45am and my mom was there waiting for me :-) I drove home as she gets so tired from all the driving ---just doing it on the way to get me was enough for her.

We got back to her place and I helped her do a few things around the house for a bit. I just relaxed most of the day, though I did go to the barn later on in the afternoon for a bit. It was nice to give Frosty a good groom and hang out.

I went back to my moms and chilled for the rest of the evening because I knew Saturday would be a tiring but fun day.

I had to go pick up her friend from the bus stop around 6pm, she was in Victoria shopping for the day so it was nice to chit chat with her for a bit at the house.

We had a yummy dinner, I took my 7.5mg of Warfarin and watched some TV in the evening -- I think I crashed out around 10:30pm. I couldnt believe I lasted that long without a nap since being up so early in the morning.

Thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 94 - Better Pack My Bags!

Well it's been almost a week since I updated this......opps, oh well I was away for 4 days!


Anyways, just a quick recap of last Thursday.

I went to the barn to visit, did some grocery shopping to make sure Adam had some stuff for while I was away in Canada and ofcourse I packed my bags for the trip to VI.

I did my ankle stretches/exercises, stayed inside as much as possible as it was hot out!

Took my 10mg of warfarin @8pm and hung out for a bit with Adam before leaving bright n early Friday morning on the Clipper to Victoria.


Thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 93 - Happy Hump Day Haha!

Ok, so you're thinking Hump Day what the heck? It just means it's the MIDDLE of the week, you know the Wednesday Hump you can't wait to get over because you know the weekend is coming! LOL

Well the day started off with physio at 11:30am -- phew what a work out that was, I was very tired by the end. We did the regular exercises/stretches, the elliptical trainer for 10mins this time and some new exercises which incorporate a rubber resistance bad around my ankles haha! Those really made my legs work and feel like I had noodle legs! haha! I guess my next session will be with Chris again as he'll be back. I liked Rachael alot but who knows maybe I will have her again at some point.

I left physio and came home for a bit to let my legs rest while I had some lunch.

I decided to go to the ranch to see what was going on and so I stayed there for an hour or so before leaving. It was pretty darn hot out again so I wanted to get indoors where it was cooler!

I came home and hung out inside for the rest of the day plus I had to get my bag packed for my trip to VI this weekend.

I did some ankle stretches to keep everything limber plus I was curious to see how my legs felt after my intense physio! LOL

We had some dinner and I took my 7.5mg of warfarin.

After Adam was done work we decided to go watch the new Transformers movie which was really good actually.

Boy I was beat when I got home and it was time for bed!!

Post-Op Day # 92 - Too Much

Well Tuesday I woke up and did my ankle stretches/exercises before heading out to see a client in Issaquah. I was there for about 30mins then head out to get some frozen mice for the snakes from PetSmart haha!

After that I whipped over to Ross Dress for Less to cruise the aisles for a few minutes. LOL It's fun to look at everything in there but very time consuming so I made sure to get out of there quick because I had the frozen mice in the car! I didn't need those things thawing out haha! GROSS!


I picked up some lunch before heading home for a bit to see Adam. We had lunch then I went to the ranch for a few hours.

I worked with Nikon on some ground work and he was really good but ofcourse I was POOPED by the time I was done. TOo much for one day for me, its amazing how tiring it is for my body. I think the physio is partly to blame as I'm having to do a lot more cardio/strengthening so it's making my body fatigue quicker.

I head home and flopped on the bed and was OUT for quite a while. I woke up and felt like crap but had to stay up for a bit otherwise I wouldn't sleep later on when it was bed time.

I took my 10mg of warfarin @ 8pm

I made some dinner, we hung out here for the rest of the evening before I called it a night at like 10:30pm! HA HA!

Post-Op Day # 91 - Work For It

Well this morning I got to go back down to the ranch to watch the trainer work with Nikon as well he got me to try a few things so I can work him a bit. I spent a couple hours there and then had to whiz back to the ridge for my physiotherapy at 1:30pm.

My physio went really well, my ankle felt really good and she was happy that my knee hasn't been as sore. we did the stretches and worked on a few new exercises as well we added the elliptical trainer into it! It felt pretty good but wow after 5mins I felt out of breath haha, boy I need to work on some cardio!!! I did that then rode the bike for 10mins so by the time I was finished my legs were pretty tired and we called it a day!

I head to town after that to go to the bank, pick up Adam a few items from town then a quick stop in at the thrift store(too much fun for me to go there).

I came home and have been hanging out, Im POOPED! LOL Oh well that is ok, atleast my ankle and knee feel really good.

Well its almost time to take my 7.5mg of warfarin @ 8pm. Not sure if we're going to the transformers movie tonight or not as I have to be up early in the morning and the movie goes till about midnight.

Anyways, thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 90 - Hangin At The Ranch

Well Sunday was not too bad weather wise, a bit overcast but no real heavy rain! PHEW!

I had the dogs to do in the morning before I left the clients house so I did all that and then head home around 11am.

I was very tired because I never seem to sleep well at that place but oh well that is life -- I need the money! LOL

I came back here for a bit to relax, do some laundry then organized some stuff in my closet LOL

I got a text from my friend Helene that she was going to the ranch around 2pm so I was excited to go down and see her.

I head down to RRR and hung out for a couple hours. Helene & I got sort of side tracked because there was a trainer out and he was working with a couple of the horses so we decided to watch. It's always fun to watch and learn as much as possible from any trainer.
Helene did groom Godiva and then let her out in the ring to tear off some spunk later on --actually the trainer helped her with GG for a bit so that was cool!!

After we were done there I came back home and had some dinner with Adam.

I was pretty darn tired again so I just hung out in the house for the rest of the night. I hate not having much energy but it'll come back as I'm able to walk better.

I took my 10mg of Warfarin --- the nurse upped it for Sundays to 10mg so we'll see how that does with the INR.


Thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 89 - Rain Rain Go Away!

Well Saturday morning it was raining cats n dogs.....ugh, I know we need some rain but it was coming down pretty darn good!

I did my ankle stretches and it felt pretty good, same with the knee it had been much better!

I started my dog sitting job and so I let them out for a potty break/play time in the back yard for an hour or so. After that I came back home to go with Adam to Bellevue as we wanted to go to the jewelry store to see what they'd give us for the earrings.

They offered $380 cash so we took it, we've had the earrings for over a year and no luck selling them as its harder to sell heart shaped items.

We left there and went to the shooting range to check out a few things for Adam then head back to Issaquah to grab some dinner at Chiptole.

We did that then Adam went to the coffee shop before heading home so I could get organized to get back to the dogs and stay the night.

I was pretty darn tired so head back there early and stayed in for the night.
I made sure to take my 10mg of warfarin @ 8pm

I let the dogs out for a bit again and then we watched some TV on the couch together. haha!

thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 88 - TGIF

Well its Friday once again and the weather is very warm! PHew, sweating to the oldies again! haha! Well actually more like MJ's songs as I bought a 2 disc set from Costco the other day with all his hits and love to crank it in the car --- Heeeeee Heeeeeeeeeeeee! HA HA! Hard to sit still listening to his stuff.

Speaking of Michael Jackson, I still find it bizarre he died but actually am relieved for him because I know he had many demons to deal with over the years.
I feel bad for the kids though, how horrible to loose their father at such a young age. :-(

I actually watched his memorial service online the other day and wow, it was very nice --- lots of his songs sang, many people spoke about him( I loved Brooke Shields, she was amazing!) and the worst part was the very end of the service. They had a bunch of people(including his family) singing Heal the world and We are the world then after that MJ's daughter Paris spoke and it was heart wrenching, she didn't say much(my daddy was the best father etc..) but wow, made my throat tighten up! Bla, it wasn't nice to see her so upset.

Anyways, I will remember him for his amazing voice and dancing ability --- a truely talented entertainer!!!


Today my knee felt pretty good so YAY for that! PHEW, what a week I was having, NOT FUN!

I woke up pretty early and had some coffee while waking up haha -- though I ended up getting a major coffee buzz with some heart palpatitions which sucked but it went away after I drank a bunch of water. haha! weeeeeeeeehawww!

I got organized and went to the ranch for a visit, I stayed for 1.5hrs then came back home to rest up. I didn't want to overdo it on my leg just because it was feeling better.


I had to make a few phones calls to set up a vet appointmet for Frosty during my visit on VI so I got that done. Im a bit anxious to get over there and see what the vet has to say -- umm ya, Frosty started to LEAK MILK last week and I'm totally freaked out about it. Unfortunately she could have been exposed to a few young colts at one farm while the leasers had her!! YIKES. I'm on the fence right now between worry and anger but I have to stay sane because I don't know what is going on yet and the vet will figure it out.

I'm praying to God she's not pregnant because she is a maiden mare and having a first foal at 31 is not a good thing. I'm just lucky that she's in excellent shape/health so God forbid she does foal atleast she's got that going for her.
Anyways I'll let you know how that all goes next week. Fingers crossed its a hormone issue or something!

Like I don't have enough things to deal with with my own health.....haha!

anyways I spent most of the day inside because it was pretty darn hot out!


I had a salad and chicken for dinner so that was tasty. Adam had some veggie pasta/stirfry left overs instead because he doesn't eat salad LOL or rabbit food as he calls it.


I took my 7.5mg of warfarin @ 8pm and now I'm just chillin like a villian! HA HA!

I'm hoping the knee behaves over the weekend and it continues to feel better this coming week so I don't have to worry about it for the wedding.

We're heading to Porcello's Jewelry tomorrow to see what they will give us for the diamond earrings we've been trying to sell(they're beautiful but I can't wear earrings because my ears get irritated).

I also have to dog sit tomorrow so I get to see my buddies Angus and Harley again. :-)


Well we're just going to hang out for the rest of the evening ,we might go for a walk around the block as the temperature is finally cooling off.

thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 87 - Step Up and Pedal!

Yesterday(thursday) I had physio @ 1:30pm -- I made sure I did all my stretching exercises before I got there.

I had a new physiotherapist as mine is out having an operation and will be out for 2weeks. The new lady is very nice and she worked on my ankle stretches. Boy she could massage deep......YOUCH! HA HA! I mean it felt good afterward but wow, during it was painful but I think that is because the calf muscle has a lot of knots in it from shortening up.

She worked over the incision as well but not like the calf, PHEW, I was relieved. No worries I told her when it was too painful to endure! HA HA! I dont like to be tortured, HONEST!

She had me walk over to the step block and do the exercise Chris and I had started the last couple times. She showed me a way to bend more at the hips and bring the knee up which actually elivated some of the pain from the knee so that was GOOD! I did 15 reps of that one on each leg, phew my legs were feeling like noodles after that! haha!

We did some balance work(standing on 1 foot) then she wanted me to try to eliptical bike for 10mins at a very easy pace. It felt pretty good actually, made the knee move without excessive force.
I was definitely tired after my physio session but the knee seemed a bit better so I was very happy -- My ankle felt pretty good too!


Later in the afternoon I noticed my foot was a bit puffy/swollen from all the physio stuff but nothing to be alarmed about plus the knee seemed to be less sore.

I came home for a bit then head out to the ranch for a visit. I watched a couple people ride then head home so I could make my chili and speghetti sauce.


Got home and FIRED UP THE KITCHEN....haha, pots, pans everywhere, tomato sauce, paste, tomatoes, spices, chili pepper, hamburger meat.........gez louise it was like a cook off! HA HA!
Browned up the meat then seperated it into 2 parts, one for the chili and the other for the speghetti sauce.

Adam was looking at me like I was crazy haha! I don't think he's seen me whipping up so much stuff in the kitchen so early in the day! :-)

Let those simmer for a while, had a taste test...mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm!

I had some laundry to do before getting dinner organized -- stirfry with veggie pasta

I did my ankle exercises while I waited for the laundry to dry.


We ate dinner a little while later, I took my 10mg of warfarin @ 8pm and then finished up some stuff around the house while Adam went for a walk.

I put some ice on the knee and ankle for a bit to see if I could get the swelling to go down before bed.

Anyways, it was a better day thank GOODNESS!
Thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 86 - Good To Go

Well Wednesday morning I drove the rental car back to Issaquah and then picked up our car........yay, good to go!

I drove to North Bend to get a drink before driving by the ranch to see if anyone was there. Everyone was gone so I stopped in for a few minutes to say hi to Karma while it was nice and quiet out there!

I left and head back home to rest as my knee was driving me crazy again.


Later in the afternoon I did my ankle stretches to make sure it didn't cease up on me as I didn't do as many of them on Tuesday due to my knee being so bad.

I napped for quite a while and then later on Adam & I went to the North Bend Grill for a bit to eat, I had soup because I wasn't that hungry(hmm pain could be a new diet?! HA HA).

I took my 7.5mg of warfarin @8pm

Post-Op Day # 85 - I Give Up

Well Tuesday was hell, my knee was insanely sore but I had to drop our car off in Issaquah to get serviced so I had no choice but to deal with it LOL

I dropped our car off then got a rental car so I could get home and so we had a car to use till the next morning when our car would be ready.

I whizzed home and had a rest, iced/heat on my knee for a bit then decided to stop by the ranch for a few minutes to see who was there. Nothing exciting going on so I didnt stay long and came back home to lay down!

Ugh, another day wasted away by pain! I GIVE UP, this sucks HA HA!

hmmm I took my 10mg of warfarin @ 8pm

I think I was in bed by 10pm

Post-Op Day # 84 - Breaking Point

Well yesterday(monday) was not fun at all! My stupid knee was bothering me so much Sunday night I didn't sleep much plus I felt feeling hot so had to use a cold face cloth to keep cool.

I woke up, had a shower and got ready to head to Issaquah to the ACC clinic to get my INR testing done --- thankfully the INR was at 2.2 which I was relieved because I've been more active especially with the addition of physio to my weekly exercise. The lady upped my dosage for one day to 10mg instead of 7.5mg because she doesn't want my INR to drop any more as the increase in activity had dropped it a bit(it was 2.5 before).

After that I went to Ross Dress for Less to see if they had any hair clips and or shoes for the wedding but I was in a bad mood(from the knee pain) so I left there and head home to get some lunch before my physio at 1pm.

I got to physio and told Chris how bad the knee was, he was a bit concerned that it had gotten worse and that it was so painful for me. He did all the stretching with my ankle first then he did an ultrasound treatment on the knee to see if that would bring down the inflammation. It felt sore during that and still was very sore afterwards so we did minimal work on the block(standing on a small block and lifting my weight with the bad ankle). After 15 lifts on the block I was done, I couldn't handle it any longer and sort of had a melt down. :-(

I was getting frustrated and upset at the same time because it felt like I was going back 10 steps instead of improving. I was trying to hold back the tears and managed to do it for a bit but then I was working on some stretches at the wall then couldn't do it any longer and became a big emotional mess! HA HA! How embarrassing and Chris felt bad about it but said it was totally normal to feel this way. LOL Bla, what a crappy session plus my ankle was much stiffer due to not being able to bear as much weight on the ankle due to the stupid knee pain.

We're going to try a few more things to see if we can get the knee issue resolved before getting Dr Chi to take a look, see if I need an MRI on the stupid thing to make sure nothing is torn in there.

I left physio a mess and I felt bad that Chris felt bad........haha but I knew he didn't think I was mad at hime, just that I was frustrated as heck with the ankle and knee.

He'll be away for 2 weeks and so I'll have another physio lady working with me ---hopefully we can get through this knee issue and back on track with the ankle recovery!


I left there and came back home to lay down, I was so exhausted(mentally/emotionally/physically) and just wanted to sleep it off! HA HA!

I napped then woke up but didn't feel much better and the knee was extremely sore so I got the ice pack, took some tylenol and laid down with that for a bit. I also felt hot, like I was burning up so not sure what the heck that was all about. I asked Adam to feel my head and he said I felt a bit hot. My stupid thermometer needs a new battery or I would have taken my temp to see what it was at.

It wasn't even hot out yesterday, the exact opposite so I know it wasn't from the weather.


Later on I decided to get out of the house for a bit and went to the barn to visit -- I stayed there for about an hour or so but still wasn't feeling great so head to North Bend to pick a few items up then came back home to crash out again.

Umm ya, it was a real crappy day to say the least :-(

I had a salad for dinner, made Adam some fajitas and then watched an episode of House while icing my knee.

Took my 7.5mg of warfarin at 8pm

I head to bed early because I just didn't have the energy to stay up.

Thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 83 - Completely Useless

Yup, Sunday I was completely useless because my knee felt like it was on fire -- the pain was so bad, even Tylenol wasn't doing much for it. Heating pad, ice pack, thank GOODNESS for those but still they don't totally wipe the pain out. :-(

I slept in because I was so miserable...............ugh, totally sucked!

Once I got up I had a shower, that felt good but didn't take the pain away ofcourse.

I just lazed around with the foot up for a bit.

I took my 7.5mg of warfarin at 8pm

I had my INR test scheduled for Monday morning then physio at 1pm -- I wasn't looking forward to physio.

In the evening Adam pushed me around the block in the wheelchair to get some fresh air :-)

Anyways, the day wasn't fun so I'll just finished this up now. haha!
Thanks for checking in

Post-Op Day # 82 - Happy 4th of July!!!!

Well Saturday morning I finished up my dog sitting and head home to figure out what the plan was for the 4th of July.

My knee was very sore still so I wasn't in too good of a mood -- poor Adam, he's been so awesome through all of this medical crap.

I did my ankle stretching exercises though they aggravated my knee a bit but still needed to do them or my ankle will start to cease up again.

It was VERY hot out on Saturday so we spent most of the day inside where it was cool.

Around 11am I heard a bunch of noise and looked out the window to find hundred's of people walking by our building with kids on bikes all decorated with American flags etc... it was so cool! I took a few pictures of the kids plus the old fire truck that drove by honking/beeping its horns/whistles HAHA!

The day sort of whizzed by and it was time for people to start letting off fireworks --- man, it went on for HOURS. It started around 6pm with the odd one going off but by the time 8pm came it was non stop till about 11:30 then we'd hear the odd one go off till Midnight or so.

It was awesome, we could stand on the patio and watch fireworks going off in all sorts of directions up here on Snoqualmie Ridge. :-) No need to drive anywhere to watch a firework show, we had a grand one going on in our own neighborhood! haha! I took a few pictures so I'll post them on here.

I made sure to take my 10mg of warfarin --- its easy to get busy then glance over at the clock and go "OH CRAP its 7:59 or 8:01" haha!


I was in bed around 11pm and watched the fireworks from my bed looking out the window. my knee was so dang sore so I called it a night.

Adam stayed up, I think he went over to see if the pub was open but they closed it down early.
Thanks for checking in and Happy 4th of July to all the Americans who visit my blog!

Post-Op Day # 81 - Finally Friday

Well the week was finally coming to an end...........ugh, what a week of pain! ACK!
Friday my knee felt a bit better but still tender when I walked and so I made sure to rest the leg as much as possible(doing heat/cold on it plus Tylenol).

I slept like crap at the clients house but that is typical for some reason I always worry about oversleeping there and so I don't get much rest(my brain seems to worry all night long haha).

I stayed there till about noon , the dogs had a great time outside while I threw the ball for them.

I decided to come home briefly to give Adam a veggie sandwich for lunch then head to the barn to see Karma. I groomed her then took her in the ring to do some groundwork. After that I hand grazed her for a few minutes then put her away.

I came back home and put my foot up ---dang knee was starting to get sore from walking/standing too much. Popped a Tylenol, cranked up the heating pad and lounged in the nice cool house for a bit.

I did my ankle stretches and that felt pretty good -- rubbed some Vit E over the scar and massaged it really good.

I had a nap because I was pretty zonked plus the heat was getting to me. LOL Even with all the fans cranked up, it was a hot day!

I woke up later on and drove back to the clients house to let the dogs out for a bit. I threw the ball, cleaned up doggy do(haha, such a glamorous job) and then let them lounge around outside for a good hour or so. I had a few things to do inside so did that then put the leg up for a bit as it was starting to ache like crazy again.


After a bit I head back home but decided to stop and get my hair cut first --- it was time to get it a bit shorter in the back. Finished up there and then came home for a nice cool shower..........ah, it felt AMAZING! Haha! Gosh it was so hot out yesterday, I had all the fans cranked right up -- this is where I wish we had A/C in the house(TG for the A/C in the car for driving).

I hung out with Adam, we had a bite to eat, did a few things around the house and then I rested my leg for a bit before heading back to the clients house for the night.
Took my 7.5mg of Warfarin @ 8pm

I got there, let the dogs out for a bit, watched a couple medical shows then went to bed......soooooooooo tired and my knee was so freaking sore. Popped a Tylenol before bed haha!

Thanks for checking in