The Day Before

Tomorrow is Adam's knee surgery. It's minor - just a scope to repair his torn ligament and clean out some other stuff... I wanna say bone spurs, but I could be wrong. He called me earlier to tell me that the time of his surgery was moved from 9am to 12:30pm. That's good because the 9am time would've had us checking in at the surgery center in north Scottsdale at 7:30am - meaning a 6:30am departure from the house. Yuck - especially since I can't seem to haul my caboose out of bed any earlier than 7:30 or even 8am these days.

My sleep is obviously disrupted, and I'm so blessed... BEYOND blessed... that I have a schedule that allows me to be the bum I want to be, but still keeps me occupied so that I'm not going crazy with boredom. I'm relishing these last days of being able to just lay in bed because it feels better than getting up. I know it won't last long. :) Soon I'll have a little baby boy demanding to be fed and cuddled and loved on and talked to and... it's all very exciting. :D

So... Adam's surgery...

"Gabby", a very helpful medical person, dropped off some equipment that Adam will be using during his recovery. One item is a machine that he's supposed to use 6 hours a day - not sleeping. It keeps his knee in constant motion, and exercising it so that it will bend properly. We're starting at 45 degrees, and will be working our way up to 120 degrees over the next few weeks. They also gave us a non-ice cold therapy thingy. It basically circulates a very cold water/alcohol solution through this pad on his knee. He will wear that while he sleeps. It's actually pretty cool! Of course, she needed to show me how to use this stuff, so imagine me on the floor with my huge belly as she's putting my leg into these different contraptions so that I'll be able to show Adam tonight. My back was not happy.

Nila and Amanda are going to come hang out with me during the procedure, which will be fun, and then we get to go home, and I'll be in charge of getting his perscriptions and helping him get comfy at home. And then we'll watch tv and sleep! :) Our favorite activities at the moment. I'll make sure to post regarding the outcome and let you all know how he's doing tomorrow. Thanks for your prayers for both of us!