August 12

David, my husband, came through his surgery to replace both his knees with flying colors. The only "Problems" were that it was hard to get the epidural in to put him to sleept, it took a while for the anesthia to work, and he lost a lot of blood. So he is in good spirits, because the pinching pain in his knees is gone, but he is tired. Both times they got him up, his blood pressure fell so much they had to lie him back down in the bed. If he is sitting in a chair today, that will be a good sign. I don't know, he is supposed to come home tomorrow, he has to walk, climb three steps, and be able to get up and down from a chair, and the toilet! That is a lot when you are weak!
Everyone is helping, Mims walked the dog, Sara and Mims came and moved some furniture for me, so there is room for a walker. Chris is mowing the lawn and walking the dog today.

Speaking of the dog, I put him in his kennel at bedtime, and he whimpered a little once. I yelled at him and that was it. Beautiful! Maybe he knows I mean business, because David is not even here, and I won'tlet him sleep with me.....when David is here, Charlie snarls at him when he comes to bed. He does get over it, but it is not a good thing. Of course, yelling from bed when you are trying to sleep is not a good thing, either.

I need to get to Wal-Mart today, and I may go after my appointment ends at five. If I hurry, I can still get to David by six.

I will be glad when David is feeling better and can walk about and help again.