Well, after sitting around with my leg up all day yesterday and sleeping flat on my back for two nights, my leg's a little stiff, but I'm able to move it a little more this morning. I feel pretty sure I'm past the point of opening the puncture back up, but I'm going to take it easy today just to be safe.
Getting the bandage off yesterday was a nightmare. They used a pressure bandage and it was put on in a fashion so that when my leg was stretched straight out, it applied pressure to the wound with a ball in the middle of the bandage. To accomplish this, they started with it on the inside-back of my knee and brought it around and up all the way to the right side of my stomach. All totaled, the thing was probably a foot long and I think they only shaved about 4 to 6 inches of that. I had to get in the shower and soak the thing to get it off and I still think that having my whole leg waxed would have been less painful.
I did go out for a few minutes yesterday. DeAnne wanted to go to the store and get some ice cream, so I rode with her to Corner Market and sat in the car while she went in. It was nice to get out of the house for a few minutes after being in the recliner all day. Cabin fever was setting in quick. I hope to be able to go to church tomorrow. The only potential problem could be standing during the song service, but I can probably just put my weight on my good leg and be fine.
I began telling people about the blog yesterday and judging by the profile views (32 this morning), some of you are checking it out. I hope you find my writing to be bearable. After all, I am a programmer, not an author. Thanks for reading though and a special thanks to everyone who called yesterday to check in on me and see how I was doing.
I think that's all I've got this morning. See you all later.
Paul
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