This Past week...

A lot of little things have been going on, but I haven't gotten around to blogging about it. I thought I would just wrap it all up into one big post :0)

Thursday:
Last Thursday I was at the end of my rope with boredom! I had been recovering from my knee surgery, and my days consisted of laying on the couch all day and watching T.V. I tried to do other things like reading a book, a magazine, or doing something crafty, but I was so dizzy from the medicine, that watching T.V. was my only option.
Joe called me a little before he was on his way home from work, and told me to get ready. I was so happy, because I knew that meant I was finally getting out of the house! When he got home he told me that he heard on the radio that a furniture store in Denver was having a sale, and that he went onto their web-site, and found a chair that he thought I would love (I'm currently searching for the perfect chair for my formal living room). I got in the car (with a big smile on my face:), and we drove into the city. He pulled into a parking lot in the middle of Denver and parked the car. He told me to open the glove box and pointed to a card for me to pull out, explaining that it was a picture of the chair. I pulled it out, and saw it was hockey tickets!! It actually took me a second to realize what they were, because I was just trying to find a picture of the chair :)It could not have come any sooner! I was so excited to just be out of the house, and I was totally thrilled that Joe had surprised me by taking me to a hockey game! I say It all the time...But
I LOVE HIM!!!
The tickets were for the 10th row, which was pretty up close and personal. Although the actual seats were horrible! I have no idea where they expect you to put your legs! It was hard for me to sit in them, because I couldn't really bend my knees that well. I would have just dealt with it the whole time, but that wasn't OK for Joe. He wanted me to be comfortable, and to have a good time (have I mentioned that I love him?), so he found someone who worked at the stadium, explained my situation, and they allowed us to move to the handicap row.
The seats were still very good, but the best part was I could put my legs up on the rail, keeping them straight and elevated.We had lots of fun eating hot dogs, cotton candy, watching the game, and spending time together. With every minute that went by, I felt like I was getting more and more of my sanity back! It was a very fun night!

Saturday:
We did a little shopping, and most importantly, we got our house back in order! Joe had done pretty well staying on top of things while I was in bed, but still, the house was in need of some cleaning. The house was slowly making me go crazy as well, so it was very nice to get everything back in it's place. This weekend is our official Spring Cleaning, and I'm so excited!

Monday:
That was the day of my follow up doctors appointment with Dr. Louks. He took my stitches out, and showed my the pictures he took of my knees. I saw my torn meniscus, which was pretty interesting. On one of my knees, the meniscus was actually folded over itself! As for the arthritis, it looked pretty bad. on various parts of my knee, the cartilage creators out, and you can see the bone. On those spots it is bone on bone when I walk...no wonder why I don't like walking :)
I didn't really ask a lot of questions, which I'm kicking my self over now. I just didn't really want to hear the answers. As he was leaving he said that he wanted to see me in 5 weeks, and we will go over my options then. I guess there's not really a lot for me to ask. I need knee replacements now, but I'm too young, so I need to stick it out as long as I possibly can. My doctor thinks that will be in 2 years, but I'm shooting for 5. They last 10 to 20 years, and the second ones don't last as long as the first. That's about it. It's pretty much just a wait and see kinda situation.

Here is what a knee replacement looks like:(photo courtesy of flickr)

Wednesday:
I had my Remicade infusion, which meant that I had to sit in my Doctor's office for 2 hours hooked up to an IV, being pumped full of medicine (I do this every 8 weeks). They upped my dosage from 300 to 500, to see if that would help at all. So far I haven't seen a difference, but I'm still waiting.
After my infusion I went to Ben and Idealia's to drop off the package Darin and Jessica had sent (thank you again!)After that I left to go pick Joe up from work, and we headed home to pick kisses up for her Doctor appointment. They removed her stitches, and the best part was, they removed her satellite!! It was a beautiful moment!We hated that thing...probably not as much as kisses hated it, but we were a close second. She was soooo happy when it came off!

Thursday:
Today we have a winter storm coming through. We are expected to get 8 to 15 inches of snow. Joe is working from home and we are having a nice and quiet snow day together :)That was a long post...and a long week. A fun, busy week!