Day 22: Heel-toe, bend the knee

I'm still getting a little bit better every day. Now I can sleep on my back or on my non-operative side, and can flip between those two positions all on my own. I keep two pillows between my knees for the side sleeping, because the operative leg is still not supposed to cross the center line of my body. It's apparently OK for me to sleep on my right side--the operative side--but even the thought of that makes my stomach flip.

My walking has improved a great deal. Yesterday I figured out that I wasn't bending my knee when I walked--I was keeping the operative leg stiff--and once I corrected that I began to walk almost without a limp. I'm using the crutches less and less, which is amazing to me. But I do have to be careful when I'm trying to turn to the right. If I'm not paying attention, a move to the right causes my operative leg to turn in a bit, and that makes the new hip move in a scary way.

I changed Thing Two's diaper for the first time in 22 days. As long as he's on the changing table, I can deal with him just fine. Normal life is almost within reach, and it's thrilling.

Thing One spent the day playing with his new bubble machine, and this proved to be the perfect activity for the two of us. He chased bubbles, I watched him chase bubbles. We had a blast.