Bionic lioness, day 7
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hip_hoorayWas it just a week ago she was in for surgery? Wow. (So she says, too.)
I came in this morning to find her dressed (a new and exciting thing) and working on jewelry (she'd finished a necklace crown that had been in progress, made a pendant, and was partway through another pendant in the process.) which is also an excellently good thing.
I came bearing kombu onigiri from Midori's which made her even happier (she has been wisting for them for a couple of days, but they closed before someone could get there on Sunday, and are not yet open on Mondays, so today was our first chance.)
I am writing as she has walked herself down to occupational therapy (208 feet, says the PT). wThere may be a wheelchair back, or there may be walking back, depending. (Yesterday, she did about 125 feet, so you can see the massive progress going on here.) She's also much more able to get herself out of bed, though the process is not what you'd call elegant. (Pah. Who needs elegant?)
She said that the pain while walking is pretty much as bad as the worst of her bad days pre-surgery, which is actually pretty good news. (There's still swelling and muscle trauma and so on going on, so we can anticipate this getting better.) From a layman's perspective, it seems like her right hip is both swinging more freely and more straight than previously, both of which are good things and hoped-for outcomes.
There will probably be further updates, but thought you'd all like these pieces of good news.
I came in this morning to find her dressed (a new and exciting thing) and working on jewelry (she'd finished a necklace crown that had been in progress, made a pendant, and was partway through another pendant in the process.) which is also an excellently good thing.
I came bearing kombu onigiri from Midori's which made her even happier (she has been wisting for them for a couple of days, but they closed before someone could get there on Sunday, and are not yet open on Mondays, so today was our first chance.)
I am writing as she has walked herself down to occupational therapy (208 feet, says the PT). wThere may be a wheelchair back, or there may be walking back, depending. (Yesterday, she did about 125 feet, so you can see the massive progress going on here.) She's also much more able to get herself out of bed, though the process is not what you'd call elegant. (Pah. Who needs elegant?)
She said that the pain while walking is pretty much as bad as the worst of her bad days pre-surgery, which is actually pretty good news. (There's still swelling and muscle trauma and so on going on, so we can anticipate this getting better.) From a layman's perspective, it seems like her right hip is both swinging more freely and more straight than previously, both of which are good things and hoped-for outcomes.
There will probably be further updates, but thought you'd all like these pieces of good news.
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Date: 2009-07-21 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-21 08:06 pm (UTC)-- Lisa
Lisa Hirsch
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Date: 2009-07-21 08:50 pm (UTC)(I'm a bit jealous of the kombu onigiri though, since the place I used to get my onigiri closed recently after losing their lease....)
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Date: 2009-07-21 08:57 pm (UTC)And OMG, Midori has Onigiri? I SO have to visit! And now I know of places I need to take a certain Lioness on her next visit to NYC. :-)
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Date: 2009-07-21 09:12 pm (UTC)I think they only do onigiri at lunch, but here's a link (for you and anyone else curious) to their menu. http://www.floatingworldcafe.com/
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Date: 2009-07-23 03:14 am (UTC)And now I know where to take Elise next time she's out this way, too...
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Date: 2009-07-21 09:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-21 09:17 pm (UTC)It occurs to me that having nice, distracting manuscript-in-process pages for Elise might work well for both of us at this point. Let me know if this sounds like a good idea, or if she isn't up for computery things just yet (I can see where the sitting part might be...more complex than is desirable.)
Tell Elise that my car did NOT break down again in Chicago, and I did NOT lose my wallet forever at the WalMart, just for an hour or two, and my Dad is doing happy Rube-Goldberg things at my sister's for the next week. So things may be looking up here, too.
And again, yay for progress!
--Pat Wrede
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Date: 2009-07-21 09:39 pm (UTC)(She asks: how big a manuscript, and is it completed? Feel free to email helping.the.lioness@gmail.com instead of posting here.)
And she's delighted by the rest of the news. Yay!
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Date: 2009-07-22 06:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-22 09:02 am (UTC)Me too
Date: 2009-07-22 11:55 am (UTC)So I wish that kind of recovery on our dear Lionesse, and hold her close. Am pleased she can do jewels. Jewels are good. It means her mind
and fingers are working. The hip is getting better. All is good.
xxxJane
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Date: 2009-07-22 06:48 pm (UTC)That says a lot right there, doesn't it?
Elegant is sometimes over-rated.
Walking, and working on jewelry, and such excellent progress, is not over-rated, not even a little bit.
Continuing good thoughts to the fierce one.
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Date: 2009-07-22 06:49 pm (UTC)- Bridget J (Toronto)
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Date: 2009-07-23 11:24 am (UTC)