JILL GETS A LOLLIPOP!

Well, the surgery went well - no damaged ligaments or tendons! Just some grogginess and nausea from the general anesthetic.

Suppose to get the stitches out on June 11th. That's thirteen days of sponge baths . . .

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE OPERATING ROOM . . . STAYS IN THE OPERATING ROOM!

Just an update on my knee situation. After one month of limping everywhere I go, the swelling just won't go down enough to let me bend it very much.

My orthopedist tried to remove fluid with the world's biggest syringe, but the procedure didn't work. So I've limped around for yet another week.

Tomorrow 5/29, I'm scheduled for knee surgery and have to be there by 7:15. I'm a little nervous. I've never had general anesthetic or surgery before.

Wish me luck! And I promise - No More Pictures. What happens in the operating room . . . stays in the operating room!!

YOU'RE INVITED To A PITY PARTY!

Check out the damage I did when I fell last week . . . Yeooow!!

The swelling on top of the knee is down about 50%, but now most of the leg is all puffy . . .

I'VE FALLEN and I CAN'T GET UP!

I need a big ol chunk of cheese with this "WHINE"!!

Yesterday afternoon I stopped by my mom's Assisted Living Facility to see how she was doing after they called to tell me she'd taken a fall . . .

Walking across the parking lot, I stepped over an unusually large speed bump - almost! I crashed down on both knees. By the time I got to her apartment my right knee was killing me.

Long story short, I ended up in Northside Hospital ER. Nothing broken, but my right knee looks like a black/blue/purple grapefruit is growing on it! And I have to wear a really ugly & uncomfortable foam knee splint that goes from my ankle halfway up my thigh.

When I finally got back to our apartment, I was faced with the fact that I live on the THIRD floor - no elevator, of course.


*whining loudly* Now where's my cheese?