June 13 - update

It has been a week since my last post so it is time to update a little. It was a pretty uneventful week last week. Kaysha went to an outdoor youth adventure and just got home last night. This was to be a week full of adventure..... river trip, jungle gyms, rock climbing, trek, sleeping in teepees every night, etc. She was very excited as this is just Kaysha; however, she ended up sleeping in the lodge for two nights upchucking. She was pretty bummed but made the most of it anyway. After all, she was able to watch 6 movies while she was there. I was proud of her that she still said she had a great time.
Sammie gets home tomorrow from New York. I think she has worn Haley completely out. Thanks Haley for showing her such a wonderful time. You and Wayne need a vacation when this is done. It will be good to have her home.
Meg continues to help me. I am trying to move more without my crutches. The more I do that, the more it hurts after a while and I find I am holding my breath so I need to remind myself to breathe. Meg hurries to my side with crutches or just her hand to steady me. She is so good to be my "runner" at times when I just can't do it. I had more x rays of my pelvis done last week and the doctor said I am healing well. When I discussed the pain issues with him and asked him what I needed to do to help the pain, he said "work it". He told me that I might overdo one day and if so I would know to not do that much the next day. I decided to put it to the test. He probably told that to the wrong person because the next morning I got up and went with my "gym buddy" to the gym for the first time in 2 months. It was so good to catch up and it felt good to exercise. I didn't do the class and we were only there about 35 - 40 minutes but it was a start. Thanks Wendy for driving. Probably everyone will be so happy when I can drive myself again. My kids have been so good to drive me everywhere I need to be or want to be. I am a "basket case" in the car. I have told Colby that I need a blindfold before I get in. He is a really good driver but I am looking everywhere all of the time. The car we got has such dark tinted windows, it is difficult to see especially at night so next week I am getting that taken care of. Ali is driving the car into a shop and I am having the tinting removed from the driver and passenger side in the front. I tried to do it myself but I just couldn't. I get very light headed when I hold my head up for a prolonged amount of time.
I feel that my healing is making a major breakthrough. I really did wear myself out after my doctors appt when he told me to "work it". I have not been able to sleep on my side because of the pain that would go into my inner thighs but the last 2 nights I have been able to move my legs without pain and have been able to sleep on my side. It was a happy day for me.
This has been such a long drawn out ordeal and I need to thank my sweetheart. So many people have done so much for me but no one has done more for me than my husband. I am so grateful to him for his patience (especially when I am in the car trying to use the imaginary brake on the passenger side. Pretty soon I will have made a hole through the floorboard and I will be able to dig my heels into the asphalt.) I am grateful for his help as he has tried to do everything within his power to make everything in our home pleasant as I recover. I don't know what I would do without him. By the way we went on our first date together 40 years ago today. I just can't be that old, can I?