Graduation Day

Well today was a wonderful day! I had a doctor's appointment today with the knee surgeon. I went to the appointment with my lovely brace on. This contraption has been my constant companion for weeks now. Dr. Parry originally told me that I would be wearing this stabilizer for 6 weeks. After two weeks of miserable sleeping with my lovely friend, I begged the doctor to allow me to take it off to sleep. I was surprised, but he said I could take it off at night. I immediately thought the following night would be wonderful, but much to my dismay sleeping was still very uncomfortable, however much better than with it on. It took a few nights being careful and taking pain meds, but sleeping has gradually gotten better. This Friday would be 5 weeks so I actually got out of this a week early. Hurray!
When I got to the office they x-rayed me to see how it was healing. He was pleased with the progress of the bones healing but saw that I needed practice walking better so he said I could graduate out of the brace. He didn't need to beg me that's for sure. I gladly put it away. This is a side shot of my knee but the front view shows how nice and centered my knee cap is now.
I told the doctor that I had to blog this so I wanted a picture of him for my blog. He said, "Well I think since this is about the knee I should take a picture of your leg", so he grabbed my camera and took some shots of me. I'm very pleased how nicely the scar looks. For me, this is a very nice looking scar.

















And here's the hero of the day, Dr. Todd Parry! Thanks doc, you did a great job!