Every evening this summer I’ve gone out for a 1-2 mile walk around our neighborhood. With the swimming and walking, I’ve been trying to strengthen my tired old body and prepare for tomorrow. Tomorrow I am getting a new hip.
For the last 8 or 9 years, I’ve dealt with pain that has finally gotten so bad, I went to see Dr. Clint Wooten last month in Bountiful. He showed me the x-rays of both of my hips. The left side is normal and good. The right side is Bad. The cartilage is completely gone and the ball and socket are bone on bone. There are also 2 bone spurs and the ball is irregularly shaped. No wonder the pain. Dr. Wooten said “it will only get worse, and you will only get older.” The sooner we take care of this problem, the better.
He explained the surgery to me–a 35 minute out-patient procedure that will have me up and walking the same day. I said “I’M IN!”
So this evening, I took my old hip out for one last jaunt around the neighborhood, bidding it farewell. There are some things about getting older that make me sad. Having an old body is one of them. I’m hopeful that this improvement will give me increased mobility without pain.
The last few days, I’ve been getting projects ready to work on while I recuperate and heal. I’ve got a stack of books to read, a LOT of hand applique projects prepped for stitching, my family history work, and some ideas about shows to watch. Below are the 4 borders to my Americana Album Quilt, ready to stitch.
Here’s another old project that needs to be finished–I made these English Paper Pieced Grandmother’s flower garden flowers about 20 years ago. I decided to applique them onto 4-patches, and this project is well underway.
Yesterday I picked up my chopped snake quilts from my dear quilting friend, Penny, and then I sewed 20 years of leftover binding pieces together into one long strip, to sew onto these 4 quilts, so I can get them finished before Christmas.
The quilts are trimmed, and the bindings are now sewn on. I’m ready to rock ‘n roll!
Farewell old hip! Let the fun begin!