And both girls are doing fine. Family waiting for our turn to meet her. Liam is super eager to see Mommy, Daddy and Baby Hope.

Sarah and Joel on their way to OR. Family is waiting. :)

Ready to go and not a moment too soon. Contractions have started. 😊

Monday morning: The Arrival of Hope

After 30 yrs of marriage, 2 children, 1 grandchild and 25 days of providing postop care for a Norwegian hip replacement, let's just s...

The Boss is primed and ready to return to work Monday. He got an A+ from his doctor today, so get ready world, countdown to re-entry has ...

Walk in the Park - even an overcast day can be beautiful. PostOp follow up with surgeon this afternoon. Will share the doctor's asses...

The weather has been nothing short of incredible.  As we walked today, I thought about how fortunate we have been to have this warm win...

One of the best things about Tim's prescribed physical therapy is that it directly involves me.  Because he isn't allowed to driv...

Every day, Tim chooses a different park for us to go to for his walks. His physical therapist told him that he shouldn't walk more...

Every day, Tim is choosing a different park for us to walk. Biggest problem with exploring our local parks has been limiting ourselves to...

Tim began PT this morning. Strength is not an issue - range of motion is.  Range of motion and a strong man's tendency to overdo his...

It's a cane. It's a pointer. It is finding a wide variety of uses. If only it could be retrofitted w/ some kind of wild west weapo...

…. the Christmas rush is through…

Advantage of having a steep driveway, an upstairs bedroom, a convelescing husband and an early Christmas present: 34 flights of stairs i...

{switching topics} We celebrated Christmas with Liam early this year, anticipating Tim’s surgery. After 1 “grand” shot using a selfie st...

I’ve had a hard time finding a cane Tim is comfortable using. Do you suppose he will like this one? 😉

For my patient: Reality sets in. Anesthesia has a residual effect. It ends. Surgery creates wounds. Pain meds are helpful. Rest is good....

Home. The {not always so} patient is home. After a short nap, he fixed himself a green smoothie and is now doing laps. Yes. He truly is....

Going home today! With a cane. :D

Here’s what a Titanium Hip looks like…….in case you were curious.

Sunrise. The “week using a walker” ended @ 8am. He has walked the halls through the night, been up and down a set of stairs, and has oth...

And now he wants to know how soon he can do push ups and squats.

Who knew a breathing thingy would become a competition? “I want to get it to 4000”, he said. (life’s a competition)

Tim is out of recovery and is now in his room. About the first thing he said was, “Let’s get up, get walking, and get home.” (how am I g...

Just spoke with doctor. All went well. Old hip out - new titanium hip in. Doctor said the only difficulty was that Tim is so muscular, i...

David and I passing the time discussing whether or not Jar Jar is actually a Sith lord.

So even though the doctor said the procedure would take 1.5 hours, the nurse said 200 minutes. Apparently doctors “forget” to include ti...

He was taken into OR at 7:50….so start your stopwatch for 200 minutes. (if Tim had a watch with him, you can be pretty darn certain that he ...

Good morning, Nashville.