Significant Other (S.O.) has a partial new knee. The great thing about his latest medical miracle is that it is less invasive surgery than a full knee replacement, with a shorter incision, recovery, a shorter everything. Lots of pain, still, as least for a couple days. Maybe shorter but not lesser pain.
They have cute little pain charts in the hospital, rating pain from 1-10, with 1 being a smiley face and 10 an unhappy face. 10 should be Munsch's The Scream. S.O. rates 10 as passing a kidney stone and I would liken it to childbirth or a 3rd degree burn. Everyone has his/her own pain experience. Pain is immediate, and therefore one really has no memory of it. You can remember, yes, that hurt like hell, but the hurt itself if gone, and aren't we glad.
Anyway, S.O. is supposed to come home today, if he can master stairs, and I already have the fancy bedside tray out. Cats are wondering where he is. Annie keeps looking at me with questioning eyes.
Onward,
Grapeshot
Saturday, March 22, 2008
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