First drain is removed! YES! Sleeping on the left side tonight!

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The picture on the blog today is the full version of me headed out to lunch at Long John Silver’s yesterday. (Knee bands, 3 drains, no hair, no boobs: a walking comedy!) That is the last picture of me with all three drains as we got to go have one of the drains removed today. We could have had one more removed if we’d insisted, but it wouldn’t help that much since I’d still have one remaining on that side. We figured we might as well leave the two in place and remove them both on Thursday. They are slowing down enough that it will surely be okay for that day. I’ll be so happy to sleep on my side tonight! In this picture I’m holding up the little picture that sits on the table so that I see it when we eat. I’ve got some more pictures of some of the other grandkids, and I’m going to get frames and place them around this apartment, too. That’s a new project for me to accomplish over the next couple of weeks.

Judi called and invited us to lunch today, so we went and had a good visit with her over a 3 hour lunch. She’s getting things ready for a trip to Japan, so we’ll be missing her for a while. She saw us through the tough times, though. I’m so happy for her that she can make these trips to Japan. Her mom and her little sister and her two daughters are going to meet her over there for a great visit. I’m really excited for her to be able to make this trip.

It cooled down a bit and was cloudy today, but it’s still nice. They were threatening thunderstorms so even Don didn’t walk. I’ve got new exercises to begin on the left side, so I’d better go get busy with that. It’s too soon for me to walk on my knee, so I’ll concentrate on the arm exercises. God is so good to me; I’m so glad to be free of one drain. By Red Friday I’ll be drain free and I’ll be honoring our troops for my freedom in every sense of the word!