Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

I decided to continue with the PT for however long it goes. It is working and they keep changing it up so I doubt I could do that on my own. I am already up to about 50% movement range but have almost no strength so they are still saying to keep the weight lifted to about a glass of water.

 

[Baymule]

The therapy is where it’s at. The surgery corrects the problem but the therapy puts usage back into the equation.

 

[Ridgetop]

I am lucky that I can kneel and crawl on both my replaced knees BUT my other knee that was replaced in '22 is getting weak! I asked my ortho for PT on it as well.

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa has done more than taken up the slack, she has completely taken care of everything. She is heading to Missouri at the end of the month to see her siblings as well as several cousins. Most of them are getting in their 80's so it isn't time to stall much. Teresa moved one of the troughs and then moved the sheep to a paddock that will give them enough grass to last until she leaves and then I can move them back on to a paddock where I can use a hose to give them water. Our problem with me watering so far is that I can use my left hand to carry water but my right still doesn't have enough strength to support the water jugs.

 

[Baymule]

Teamwork.

 

[Mike CHS]

Our early voting starts tomorrow so we are going to go into town and take care of that. Our area is so rural that we never have a lot of line but for the last two election cycles, we have had voting machine issues making for a long wait in spite of the lack of people there.

Teresa and I were driving into PT this morning and without thinking, I raised my right arm to turn on the radio for the first time since I got my new shoulder. It still hurt a bit but having that much mobility made me start laughing. I'm doing two sets of my stretches/exercises every day and I'm managing to do that without getting carried away. That is a major feat for me.

 

[Baymule]

Raising your arm really is a major accomplishment. Congratulations on that, it will continue to get better!

 

[Mike CHS]

The HVAC wasn't on when I got up this morning and fortunately we are in one of those spells where you don't really NEED heat or AC. Our service folks said they will be out probably Monday or Tuesday. We checked the breakers since there is a power issue with no power even at the thermostat.

 

[Mike CHS]

The folks that bought a starter flock from us last spring came to pick up Toby the young ram as their herd sire. They bought the ewes back in March but we made an arrangement where they could pay for upkeep of the ram until their ewes were ready to be bred. Oshie is the sire for all of them but there are no other close relatives.

 

[Mike CHS]

I have my post-op visit with my ortho DR tomorrow morning. It should be pretty routine since I'm already past where they say that I should be. I have no gripes since I am still enjoying not having major pain 24/7 and anything past that is better,