
We were at the orthopedic doctor for over two hours this morning. The news was basically good–as far as the xrays show, the knee is healing OK. They exchanged the big immobilizer for this smaller brace which can be worn under the pants. Unfortunately, Gary says this one is very tight and actually more uncomfortable than the bigger one.
The dr. assigned three days of physical therapy for next week. We hope that works, because he has lost almost all movement of the knee–he can bend it only a few degrees at this moment.
In other news, we had to cancel our trip to Phoenix to see Gary’s parents. We had booked on dates that turned out not to really be free on Gary’s work calendar. Then when we tried to rebook to different dates, we learned that Delta had instituted a $150/ticket change fee–to either change the ticket or reinstate the frequent flyer miles. Ugh! So, to save ourselves $300 we are just going to wave goodbye to 50,000 miles. Sad. Not sure when we’ll be able to go–finding a time that suits Gary’s parents and that fit’s Gary’s schedule might not be all that easy, but we do hope to visit them sometime in 2012.
Speaking of visiting family, David is interviewing in Binghamton, NY tomorrow, so he is going to spend the weekend with Andrew. I hope they don’t choke each other.
Rachel has had a busy week. She called as I was about to go pick up Gary from work (he usually walks, but I’ve been his taxi since his accident), and asked if we wanted to go out for dinner. She gets so busy she forgets to eat lunch, and goes for days without even leaving her house/office. So we picked her up and went out for pizza so she had some face-to-face humans to talk to! She is co-hosting a baby shower this Sunday, so she’ll see friends then (and I’m making a cake for the shower).



















