Knee Surgery

(In my lovely gown before surgery)

On Thursday June 2nd I went in the Hospital for Left Knee Arthroscopy Surgery as an out patient. I know some more about the knee since my Surgery. Almost a week after my surgery, I found out exactly what all he had done. He claimed I made him work hard, which is probably what he tells all his patients:) Besides the medial meniscus tear repair, he had to cut and repair the lateral Meniscus that had never developed properly after birth. He removed the medial Plica, that also was causing problems. I had to look that up when I got home to know what that was. He cleaned up some Arthritis as well. He then informed me that I may need to have a Lubricant or Cortisone injection later. They can do one or the other every 3 months. Years down the road, a possible partial knee replacement but I shouldn't ever need a full knee replacement.(like my sister, Anna)

In the Recovery Room

After I got home from the hospital and the only place that I have been able to sleep without pain at night, so far.

This was taken 2 days after surgery.

My 1st Physical Therapy was on Tuesday the 7th and my 1st follow up app. was the 8th. Dr. Rao said that I should give him a month of my time. Not more walking then I need to, leg up as much as possible, put on the ice machine(that Anna loaned me)as much as I want but at least several times a day. I have to do stretches that hurt, twice a day and go to Physical Therapy 3 times a week. Needless to say, its a bit more then I thought it was going to be.

My tooth that gave me total grief, the 2 plus weeks before my surgery, is healing. There are times that I wonder if it's done giving me trouble. The knee restricts me more then the tooth, but the tooth pain was much worse then the knee pain.

This last year, Middlebury Chiropractic has put up with a lot by having me as an employee. First when Wil's Dad went to the hospital, followed by his death, then Wil's Mom coming to live with us and me only working 1-2 days a week and eventually only Saturdays. There was also some time taken off for both my parent's health problems. Now this past month it has been my tooth and knee. We never know what will come our way.

Isaiah-8th Grade Graduation

So Proud of Isaiah at his 8th grade graduation.  Melissa couldn’t be here, so I’m posting both good and bad pictures.

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President’s Education Award

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What's happening in Beachyvilel

Soon it will be 5 months since Wil's Mother passed away. That is as long as she lived with us! The last 5 months went so fast and so much has happened since. We have had the Estate Auction and the couple that was going to rent Daudy's house, ended up buying it. They got married on the 6th and we had closing on the house on the 11th. All of us feel good about this young Amish couple being the new owners. It's such a relief so have that all done.

Now we need to build a building since we no longer can use Daudy's shop, plus we could have used one for a long time. Right now our 2 car garage is barely a one car garage. That project will begin in July. In the mean time, we are needing to do all the prep work.

May 11th-Isaiah had his 14th birthday!

He requested Chocolate cake with chocolate in the middle. He got it!

Electronics, books, money and games are normally on the wish list. 14!! It's still hard to believe.

About 3 weeks ago, my left knee that has given me some problems over the years decided, that I have abused it enough. I started having a lot of pain with it and it became quite swollen, making it hard to go stairs. After visiting an Orthopedic Surgeon, X-rays and an MRI, we found some answers. Maybe my long term pain came from my lateral meniscus never developing properly and therefore causing problems with tracking. Then probably when I fell on it in November, I tore the medial meniscus and even had a small fracture. All that to say that I will be having minor knee surgery as an out patient on June 2nd. I am also finding out how easy it is to gain weight, since I can't walk on my Treadmill.

To make things a bit more complicated, I started with a BAD toothache Monday night. Sometime along the way, I lost my filling and I must have a nerve exposed. My Dentist put me on a cancelation list and so today at 12:00, I go to get that fixed. If babies and toddlers hurt half this bad when they are teething, be very, very nice to them:) With all the pain killer that I'm taking for my tooth, my knee swelling is way down and I have much less pain. I'd hate to take that amount for an extended amount of time.

For those of you wondering about Matt's finger: When we took out the stitches, it didn't look good. One of the stitches must of slipped on through and didn't do it's job. Wil bought Chickweed salve for him to put on and it has healed very nice. The boys were all so intrigued with the whole process and just last night again, Sawyer asked me if I saw how good Daddy's hand looked.

Sunday afternoon Sawyer and Brennan came running over to our house in the rain to play Wii, because it's their Sunday after routine. Sawyer immediately informed me, "Grandma, you need to clean the path! The weeds are real bad!" I informed him that it is not only our path but theirs as well. ''But, I don't know, I really think you should do it". Later, I found out they went through the path that we don't normally use anymore.

We are looking forward to a visit from Melissa! She comes on Monday the 23rd.

Ouch!

Today Matt tried to compete with his Dad!  In the process of washing the dishes, he dropped a glass jar and ended up spending the afternoon in the ER!

AZ-trip

Monday April 4th we left for AZ to take Isaiah home for Spring Break.  It had been a year since we had been out there.  I assume in this picture that Isaiah is going to the refrigerator to load up on Caffeine and sugar.  We found out that he talks a lot when he has an  overload of those two things.

Melissa on the couch with their dog, Oscar.

 

Wil and I took one morning to go hiking.

All was going great on this hike until, as Wil put it…

While taking a picture of another cactus with flowers, Kathy backed into a cactus and got some caught on the top of her shirt.
I tried to free her.
Well, I got my hand against the cactus and it instantly got stuck into the back of my fingers.
As I pulled away, the "ball" of cactus came along.
The removal part was unforgettable. I wondered if we would have to go to an ER, but we were approximately a mile out on this hiking trail. So, I took matters into my own hands and pulled the cactus spines out with my fingers.
Really, I would never have believed how dangerous this "jumping" cactus is.

For you that watch Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.  We got to experience Matt’s Big Breakfast.

We ate incredibly well on this trip.  We enjoyed Mexican, Vietnamese, Thai, Ethiopian, Italian and the Cheesecake Factory. Now it’s back to the Treadmill!

Auction

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Most of the grandchildren couldn’t be at the Auction, so these pictures are mostly for you. Some of these are pictures taken by my phone and I don't have any during the Auction.

It’s hard to believe that the Auction is over, but such a relief. It took a lot of work to get ready but we have only a few items left behind after the sale.

The picture of Sue and David was at our Dining Room Table the day after the Sale. That is how we all felt. Loren Beachy took care of the Auction and he along with his crew did a great job.

In the evening us siblings went to Memories of China, where we think Dad would have taken us to celebrate. We were so tired and so it didn’t take much to make us laugh, and laugh we did!

Uncle Dan Hochstetler

Wil's Uncle Dan Hochstetler passed away this afternoon around 3:00. We have been expecting this call the last several days. His children were all with him since Monday. It seems like we are loosing so many family members in a short time, but I guess they are all getting to the age where that naturally happens.