Nearly three weeks after knee replacement surgery, normal life is slowly returning.
Thanks to the resolute support of my wife and family, I've completed the first stage of rehab. After a regimen of home visits from competent and cheerful physical therapists, I'll switch to outpatient work next week. My steady progress so far encourages me for the hard months to follow.
In between exercises - the old squats, leg lifts and calf raises along with new stretches and bends - I've kept reading newspapers, magazines and books while watching “Law and Order” and “Andy Griffith” reruns on TV. The Braves winning streak helped ease the pain.
My young neighbors brightened a couple of days, bringing me a handmade-card, a home-grown cucumber and banana bread. Friends and sisters sent encouraging messages and cards.
Walking's one of those gifts I took for granted. Now, with the help of a cane, I'm relearning how to place one foot after another, bend my knee, land on my heel.
I'm thankful for each step across the floor.
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