Wednesday

The morning was a little rough getting up, but Anthony helped. My sister and her kids stopped over for a little visit. They were nervous seeing me, but I showed them my 'boo-boos' and they felt much better. Speaking of which, I have 4 small incisions which are about a half an inch long and one incision that is probably about an inch or so long. Tape and stitches still cover them and will eventually dissolve on their own. They brought my pug back, whom you saw in the last two pictures. Anthony was very nervous about having her back because naturally her favorite place to lay is on my stomach. She's been so wonderful and sleeps by my feet, along with one of my cats, who also loves to do mushy mushy on my belly. Animals just know when something is not right. They are amazing and so comforting. My nephew asked if I could walk and I said of course, I can. I got up and started walking around the room. He said, go faster. I said that I am going fast. I really was quite impressed with how much better I was walking. He said I should run, that would be fast. Clearly, that was not going to happen. Then my neice and nephew wanted to know if I could walk up and down the steps by myself. I said of course. So we all walked over to the three steps that lead into my living room and walked up and back down them. I think they were satisfied then that their Aunt Stine was OK. I spent the day relaxing, walking around the house, eating jello and drinking water and apple juice. Really, an uneventful day. Anthony and I have been watching a lot of TV and talking.