6 weeks post-surgery

I meant to update sooner than now, but we have been so busy!  The six weeks of recovery from orthopedic surgery went better than I had feared.  We head back to Gillette tomorrow to have Suchitra's casts removed.

The first couple weeks at home were really hard.  She weaned off pain medication pretty quickly, but the bar between her legs made the casts really heavy and she couldn't move  comfortably on her own at all.  So everything took a long time and was very physical for me.  I would not have gotten through it without the help of family, especially my mom.  As time went on, she became more mobile and able to move herself around.  She now gets herself around the house in the wheelchair very well.

While staying at home, mostly on the couch, was not the most fun August she has ever had, we did have a college student-nanny who kept things fun; I threw a huge birthday party for her about halfway through which gave her a big lift; and different friends and family made time to visit her so she had a lot of good quality time with a variety of people.

After she gets the casts off, she will be fitted with new AFOs.  I'm waiting for insurance approval on a walker that I believe she will need to use for several weeks before she is ready to get back to her crutches.  Her physical therapist is now coming to our house twice a week and their work together is excellent.