Moving while incapacitated

On March 16th I had my surgery to repair the tear of my ACL. Everything went well but the doctor found a little more damage in the area than originally thought to be there. The last two weeks have been very, very, difficult for me because I haven't been able to do anything. I went to see the doc on March 25th for a one week post-op visit. They were very pleased with my progress so far and told me to begin putting weight on my leg with the crutches. It's not as easy as it sounds. They also told me that I could begin physical therapy but of course I have to wait on TriCare to give their approval before I can do anything with that. There is no telling as to when I will actually begin PT but as long as I get enough in so that I can walk without crutches and drive I will be a happy camper. So this is how things are going right now with our move to Oki. The movers didn't come today because there was a crash of the computer system that schedules all the moves because of the recalls of shipments due to the earthquake/tsunami in Japan. That would be a good thing if I were able to get up and actually do something. However when my son gets home from school I am going to enlist his help in going through my shoes in order to get some of them in the household goods shipment. I can also sit here and fill out the forms to get him registered for school in Okinawa and make phone calls to have phone services cut off and the satalite TV disconnected. I can't believe we only have four more weeks here and then Oki here we come. It hasn't been an easy two months but it could have been much worse. At least I can do some of the things that need to get done. Bye, until next time.

Well, life in the Black household has gotten quite interesting. On Feb. 22, 2011, I fell while skiing and tore my ACL in my right knee. Not fun but at least I was having fun up until the time I fell. Before I get to all of that a little update on other things that have gone on. We began our overseas screening and the shots for going to Japan. The biggest thing though is that we found our Gus a home. He is doing very well and has two brothers to play with now. He is full of life and loves having other dogs to play chase with. I'm so glad that we were able to find him a good home. It makes leaving him behind so much easier.

Okay back to the knee thing. Well, I saw the orthopedic on Friday March 4th and he scheduled me for surgery on March 16th. I had the surgery and everything went well. I don't remember much of what he said after surgery because I was under the influence of drugs and anethestia at the time but I do seem to remember his telling Phillip that I had completely torn the ACL tendon away from the bone as well as tearing it into two pieces. OUCH!!!!! I also remember him saying that I had some rough spots on the cartiledge in my knee so he smoothed that out while he was in there. Again, OUCH!!!!! However, I'm healing quite well and I thank God for that. I do believe that He has put His healing hand upon me and that is why things are progressing so well for me at this moment. I also believe that the prayers of the wonderful people from both Antelope Valley United Methodist Church and Walker Baptist Church have played a part in this devine intervention. The wonderful ladies of the Valley Friendship Circle made me a prayer quilt before I went in for my surgery and I took it with me to have after I came out of surgery. I plan to keep it with me during my healing process as well. I will miss the people here very much and would love to come back this way someday.

Well, that is all for now. I will try and update this more often but I'm not making any promises. Of course I should be able to do this more often since I'm not doing anything but laying around for a few weeks.