Surgery

Well, Tom made it through his knee replacement surgery in good form. He ended up having a partial, which should hopefully make recovery time a little shorter. He's not the best patient, but he's tolerating it. Twice daily physical therapy, constant poking and prodding, having his left leg in a contraption that's meant to keep it moving, nurses and doctors coming in and out all hours of the day and night for both him and his roommate- a nice man by the name of Matt Corcoran. I told him yesterday he had no business being in the hospital- he should have been out standing on the parade route! So, Tom is doing as well as can be expected.

Sam's handling it pretty well. He's been around to play with old friends Lucas, Lauren, Ryan and Kayla this weekend, so I could get to the hospital and actually visit with Tom. I brought Sam over twice for brief visits. Tom's room is literally the size of a postage stamp. It's barely large enough with all the stuff in it for an able-bodied person to move around in, let alone someone with a huge cast-like thing on his leg, with a walker, being aided by a physical therapist. So Sam being in such a cramped space with all those bells and whistles was not the best scenario. He expressed to me tonight that he was sad because he wants dad back. I was glad to hear this because his usual thing is to be attached to me at the hip and not be as attuned to dad. Indeed it does seem strange around here without Tom.

I find I'm enjoying the clearness of my schedule. Because we were so not sure of what the operation and recovery would entail, I purposely didn't make any committments for the next couple of weeks that couldn't be changed. I may make a habit of this. It seems nice to have few plans, other than sticking close to home. I think it will help Sam get back on a more secure track schedule wise as well. I was thinking today about how things were when I started this blog about a year ago. It's nice to be feeling better about a lot of things- Sam and his school situation, and Tom finally hopefully getting some relief for the pain he's had all these years.