Me

2020-09-17

Been meaning to weigh myself since being
released from the hospital. Finally remembered
this morning; a week before the amputation, I
weighed 281lbs, and today was 264lbs. 17lb difference
That's some great weight loss for two weeks. LOL

I have been losing around 2lbs a week, and not
sure how the hospital stay effected my weight
loss, but calculations tell me that my limb could
weigh as much as 15-17lbs

2020-09-14

6am and another crappy sleep. The anticipation
of getting out of here didn't help.

My final hospital breakfast.

My final bandage change at the hospital.

Bye bye hospital.

The final challenge. This is why I had all that
stair training at the hospital.

My new home for the next few months. Just a
bit better than the hospital.

2020-09-13

Breakfast.

Now I wait for physio or the rebandage team to
arrive. Time to stretch the leg and kill sone time.

Bandage removed.

Wrapped back up. This now needs to be done daily.

Physio came by. Took me down to the test stairs
where I went up and down the regular stairs with
ease. I then said I wanted to try the stairs in the
stairwell. First was tough, second was easy, and
on the third, I didn't realize how tired I was and
needed help; went down them no problem. We
both agreed that I was tired, and it was seven
steps in total (I only have to get up three at home),
so I convinced them to let me rest, and after lunch
we can go back and do three steps in the stairwell
again. I know I can do it!

Lunch.

The head nurse came by and told me that she
is kicking me out of here tomorrow. Yay!

Took another trip to the stairwell. Went up and
down three steps. Struggled a bit, but was still
a bit fatigued from earlier. Felt good about it though.

My final hospital dinner.

My final sunset.

2020-09-12

Another crappy sleep, so time to get up.

Yay, a real breakfast again.

Did more stair training; up four small stairs, down
three regular stairs. Short break, then up and down
three regular stairs. Good workout.

The small stairs have a 4" rise, and the regular
stairs have a 6" rise.

Lunch.

Got this from the diabetes doctor yesterday.

Hospital selfie.

Was told that tomorrow the bandage will be removed
for the first time. Hopefully all is well under there.

Dinner.

Tonight's smokey view.

2020-09-11

Good morning.

Had a crappy sleep. Fire alarms were going off for a few hours;
word was that somebody was smoking in the stairwell.

Bag breakfast; the elevators were down.

Had a poop and a pee, then put on some underwear.
Underwear have never felt so good.

Bag lunch; the elevators were still down.

Did some stair work; up four small steps and down three regular steps.

Got back to my room and spent an hour or so with a diabetes specialist. Learned a lot.

Got a new toy. And it has bluetooth!

Bag dinner. How hard is it to fix the fricking elevator?

Forgot I took this last week. Saw it in a
room in the hospital. What a name. LOL

2020-09-10

Breakfast.

Went to the bathroom to do my business, and
came back to fresh bed sheets, gown, and a bag
of antiseptic wipes. All clean now.

They then wheeled away the device for my
antibiotic drip, and told me I don't need it anymore.

Pick-line removed.

Ruh-roh. Buddy went for his hip surgery, had a bit
of a cough, so they did a covid swab and brought
him back. Test results pending.

His test came back negative, so he was wheeled back off to surgery.

Spent some time on the small stairs. Hopefully
tomorrow is the big boy stairs.