Today, I opened my laptop

Well, today has been the first day that I opened my laptop since my hip surgery. The sun is shining in my bedroom, and things look way better than a week ago. I am mobile with crutches and a walker, I can shower by myself, and move about the house. I can't tell you how helpful my husband has been, in making me meals, and ice packs for my operated thigh. Day and night, his care has been impeccable. Taking my blood thinners, my painkillers, and other medication has been monitored by him, and the alarm in my cell phone. I think only once did I finish my medications before the final alarm went off, so we still don't know what exactly happened. I am overwhelmed with gratitude as a friend brought over the most beautiful long stemmed roses, cookies, and hot apple cider. I showed her my long scar in exchange.Isn't friendship a mystery of sorts. Sometimes you are on the receiving end, of unconditional love, with no end in sight. I pray that the Lord Almighty will reward her manifold.
 
No bandages, only staples that will come out this week. I think my daughter counted over 30. I can't believe a week has passed. My only peeve with the almost perfect surgery was having taken a localized anesthetic, a spinal for the very first time in my life. Yes, the benefits are numerous compared to a general anesthetic, but they never told me that my receptors for my urinary would stay frozen well after coming out of sleep. So I retained fluid, had 2 male nurses finally remove my catheter, after they promised they would not look under my nightgown, and quickly on day 2 left the hospital, at my earliest opportunity. My surgeon was very comforting, saying he has gotten the length of my legs perfect to the millimeter, so I will have only positive news to tell you all from henceforth.

Becoming a tv addict as of the last week, I cannot help but be reminded that almost every murder, addiction is laced with Mental Health Issues. There have been several 'police incidents' reported on the bridges as of late, all over again. Yesterday, there was a long program on what draws a terrorists to become a terrorists by a speaker from a local university, and yes he did say that mental health is something that again cannot be ruled out as a factor, since the odds in a large room for instance full of people, is that at least there is 1-2 people who are suffering from Mental Health Issues. We cannot make light of this matter. I am thankful that our boarder securities will be increased against the bringing in of opiates. I am glad that the awareness is greater than ever before, as our youth are dying daily. My next posts will be more specific as to what is happening around us. Stay clean, love your families and friends.