Recovery Day #7!
Today is a holiday here – The Feast of Saints Peter
and Paul.
Didn’t sleep well last
night. During the night I moved (very slowly) from my left side to my back to
my right side but couldn’t find a comfortable position.
I finished season 1 of Alone.
I had a little over an
hour nap after breakfast.
Teresa’s going a little
stir crazy being cooped up with me so I think she’ll finally be going out for a
bit today.
Teresa talked to a
friend of a friend who is a nurse and she said my after surgery experience is
normal. More concerning would be if I had fever, vomiting, or diarrhea.
Last night I ate half
of my “salado” from Chiclayo which is chicken, rice, tomatoes, peppers,
and onions. For lunch today I had half of the remainder of that. I haven’t
often had an appetite but I eventually eat something anyway.
Laura met with my
daughter Jeannie today in her Chicago apartment.
I watched more episodes
of Alone. I watch an episode then get up and walk around the apt for a
few minutes. Hopefully, I’ll get this catheter taken out tomorrow and the
healing should accelerate.
For supper I finished
the last of my salado.
At night, I have
noticeably more swelling. It’s like walking around with a bowling ball between
your legs.
The
New York Times’ 7-day average of new daily infections and deaths has the US
with 13,304 ð 13,254 ð 11,797 new cases and 223 ð 213 ð 193 new deaths.
Per
Medellin Guru, as of yesterday Colombia has a total of 4,324,230 ð 4,350,495 ð 4,375,861 new cases with 108,314 ð108,896 ð 109,466 deaths. Medellin has
359,314 ð 360,602 ð 361,507 cases, an increase of 905 cases from July 4th to 5th. Envigado has a total of 27,385 cases, an increase of 56 from
July 4th to 5th.
T-shirt
of the day
Detroit Tigers 1901.
Terry, I am relived to hear you are making progress. I now will have expectations of what lies ahead if I ever need that procedure. I am glad you are moving around in the apartment. I read the other day that one should not set over two hours without getting up, walking and stretching for a total of both for about five minutes. The fluids between the disks decrease if one does not do that. It is a problem for sedentary older people, especially for people with back issues already (you & me). I have become a YouTube addict. I now try to stretch and walk between each video.
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