Surgery Update

Well it’s been ten days since my knee surgery by Dr. Michael J. Peters of The Great Lakes Orthopaedic Center. I’m coming along nicely (I’m told, as I have no frame of reference). I stayed in Munson Hospital in Traverse City for three days and then was discharged to The Orchard Creek Nursing Home. While there I began the daily PT regimen. They really put the hurt on you but it has to happen if you are to recover normally. I was pretty freaked out while there and could not wait to get back to the trailer…finally convincing the Dr. to let me out on Tuesday the 19th. I feel so much better psychologically just being home here in the Cardinal. I have a Physical Therapist, Kal Farrell, who comes out three times a week and puts me through a really painful session to the point that he makes you scream like a little girl. I don’t complain though as I know that I have to go through this. I like Kal but as I told Teddy, I feel like a kid that has broken the garage window…you are happy to see your Dad when he comes home but you know that you are going to be punished.
I go into Traverse this afternoon to have the staples (shown in this pict) removed. All in all I'm glad that I had it done but I'm gonna' wait a while till the memory fades before I think about doing the other one.