My Birthday

This past weekend was my birthday and it was a great birthday. I had 8 friends that went to dinner with me at Cheesecake factory on Friday night as an early celebration. At the restraunt someone must have told them it was my birthday because the restaurant sang happy birthday to me. I loved that we sat at a large booth where everyone was able to sit together. I think that everyone had a great time just hanging out and celebrating with me. It was so much fun. Saturday I just hung out and did not do much.
Sunday was my real birthday and I started it off by going to church at HPUMC ( highland park united Methodist church) with B. It was a great service and I really thing B enjoyed it a lot, it was his first time to go. Then we went to lunch and just hung out. I went to swim in the afternoon and laid out it was great. In the afternoon we went to pick up my parents from the airport and went to dinner at Houston's. It was a great time. I opened presents too and then just hung out after dinner. It was a lot of fun and I want to thank everyone that helped me celebrate this weekend.

knee surgery again

On Monday July 7th I had arthroscopic knee surgery on my right knee. For those of you who do not know the back story here is the short version. About a month before my fifth birthday I had knee surgery on my right knee. The reasoning was because I had a stiff right quadriceps which prevented me from bending my knee at all and as a result I could not bend my knee. So, the doctor went in and operated and the end result was that I was able to bend my knee, not all the way but about 90 degrees or so. To me this was a big deal, I mean imagine not being able to bend you leg at all and then wake up and it is bent. That was pretty neat to me. Well, ever since that surgery my leg had been bothering me. What he had to do the first time was cut out scar tissue and lengthen my quad. so that means that I had even more scar tissue which over the years became painful, especially when I tore some of it while exercising or what not.
So, my mom and I went into a doctor in June to see what medical advances they had and if there was anything he could do to relieve this leg and give me some more mobility. He said he could do an arthroscopic surgery and clean out the scar tissue.He knew immediately what had been done when I told him what was bothering me and he even knew the original doctor who did the first surgery. So, Monday rolled around and I went in at 8 am to have the surgery. The surgery it self went great and it only took him about a half hour to clean my leg. He took pictures as he went along so I could see what it looked like as it was being cleaned. To me that was cool. He had put all this packing on my right leg and made it stiff so it would not get stuck in one position or another.
In recovery my mom was there and no, I did not tell her my deepest thoughts or anything this time around. This last sentence refers to a post back in February. So, the physical therapist came in and gave me exercises to do to increase mobility and bendablity in my leg. So, I have been doing them religiously since Monday and can see slow improvements. I also was given crutches to use until I gain full mobility and am not walking with a limp and am able to put full weight on my right leg. Right now I am not able to do that and feel that I am basically learning how to re-walk. I find that I really have to think about it and say in my head OK now bend and straighten. It is pretty sad really, but I am hoping all this will help. The doctor said that I should get four more inches of mobility in my leg. So that is pretty cool.
So I have been sitting at home getting better and today I am venturing out with my mom to eat lunch and maybe go and see B at work so that I can practice my walking. Well, that is all for now. Until next time.

The Fourth of July

Good evening! I thought that I should update my blog. It has been a few weeks and not a lot has happened that is worthy of putting up on here. So, here it goes. For the fourth of July I woke up and walked down to where the parade was going to be. The parade I went to was one that the community I have grown up has every year and is always fun. Personally, I think it was a little better when I was a kid and not as commercialized as it has been in the resent past years. But, I had a great time. As, I walked up I called B and as it happened he was half a block from where I was. So, I told him I would see him in a few seconds. I met up with him, his brother, sister in law, sister's brother and his mom. His dad and nephew were in the parade. So, B and I walked back to my parents house to get something to sit on. We saw B's dad and nephew and dog on the city counsil float. Also, my mom and dad were in the parade and so was my uncle, aunt and cousin. So, after we saw all of them we decided we had enough. There was a lot of lags in the long parade. So, B and I stayed up at the park for a little while and saw my parents and brother for a minute. Then we walked back to my place and then after a little while went to have lunch with B's family. It was a lot of fun. After that, I went back home and rested for a few hours. Then I called B to figure out what time to go to the country club for dinner and fireworks. I went to his place for a little while before and then we headed over. We parked on a side street which was my mom's idea and a great one at that. SO, as we were walking up into the country club my dad drove up and saw us. It was pretty funny for me to run into people like that twice in one day.
Dinner at the club was a lot of fun. I saw lots of friends and got to talk to a lot of people. Then we saw the fireworks. We were closer than we realized but it was still a great show. It did take a little while to get the fire works to start. But once they did they were great. After that I went over to B's and watched some TV and then went home.So, that has been my fourth of July. I had a great time and hope everyone else did as well.
Today, I had lunch with a friend at celeberty a local bakery. It was agreat time seeing her and catching up. It had been a long time since I had seen her. We talked about all sorts of topics which is always fun. Then this afternoon I went to my parents house to watch the dogs while they went up to the lake to check on the status of the new lakehouse we are building. So, that has been my weekend thus far. I hope your fourth of July weekend was fun and memorable.