Garth is recovering well from his knee replacement surgery last Monday. I was so thankful that Nicky was able to come down to spend time with me during that day. I was just having a difficult time thinking of sitting there in the hospital waiting and I was glad for her to talk with. She was sure entertained by former sheriff LaMar Guymon's remark about the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday! I won't repeat it here because it might not be looked at as 'politically correct', but I guess it was funny because Nicky and LaMar's wife were sure laughing.
Garth was able to come home a day earlier than planned because 1) he was doing so well, 2) he was giving the nurses a tough time as only he can kid around, and 3) he told the doctor he would sleep better at home than on that awful hospital bed. It was really hurting his back. So I when I went over to Price on Wednesday to visit, I picked him up at the door. We laughed before surgery that I was just going to drop him off and then come and pick him up later, but that is just about what happened. I left him on Monday night after he was recovered from the surgery and able to be up a bit. I didn't go over on Tuesday because I had some piano students that afternoon until 6:00. I don't like to drive in the dark, and it was cold and icy so I was worried about walking into the hospital from the parking lot, then back out to the car a few hours later. It would have been about 7:00 before I even got there! Plus, Garth didn't like the idea of me being out so late and he knows how difficult it is for me to drive in the dark, so he didn't want me to come over, either. But I was planning on going on Wednesday because of no piano lessons. When the doctor said he could go home, he called me and said to just meet him at the door, which I did.
He is doing well, except for a small slip today. We had a spot of ice on the driveway right off the desk and he kind of slipped a bit on the way to the car. He caught himself, but really pulled his leg and back. We came home from church after Sacrament Meeting so he could get ice on his legs again. We found that it was bleeding through the wrappings, so he called the home health nurse, who came over and checked it out. The staples are still in ok, but there is a bit of oozing from a few of the lower ones. We will have to watch them carefully. He then remembered that he is on blood thinner, which is why it might have bleed a bit. But I think we have it all under control now. His physical therapy is doing well and he starts going down to the office tomorrow in the morning.
Garth is such a morning person! He gets right up out of bed and gets dressed and going. I get up early, but it takes me forever to get going. I shower to wake me up, then must read or sew for a little while to get my brain working. Then I can finally get dressed and going. I wish I had his energy in the morning.
At any rate, he is doing well and I am glad he will soon be able to perhaps walk without as much pain. He worries about me all the time and won't let me take care of him. I don't know what I would do without him. He is such a great guy! Love you, dear!
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Yeah, I would probably watch the Martin Luther King Jr. comments with 2 black Grandson's. You might have one unhappy momma on your hands.
Oh, Chantel, it wasn't about that. It had to do with the climate of things happening in Washington DC right now, and some people having the day off. The 'politically correct' was about holidays off, nothing about color at all. I would have been upset also. I said 'politically correct' because a few years about (probably 5-6 now) our school district got in a bit of trouble for not scheduling in that Martin Luther King, Jr. day off, and LaMar, being the sheriff at the time, knew what trouble the district got into. So his comment was centered on days off and me having the day off. I would have been upset if it was something else as well.
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