So tomorrow is the big day. We, or better said, Myra goes in for surgery on her ankle. There may be screws involved. She will definitely have a device called an external fixator hooked on her foot. Ouch.
In the four weeks leading up to the surgery, she’s been in a cast of some sort or other. Her movement has been restricted and slow. The kids and I have done our best to wait on mommy hand and ah…foot.
We went in for our pre-op visit with the surgeon today. I think Myra’s a little nervous, but leave it too Nikki to solve that problem. We were on the way to dinner tonight—Myra can’t eat after midnight and the surgery is not until 5:00 tomorrow afternoon—when Myra said to me, “Thank you for taking such good care of me.”
I said, “You’re welcome.”
Nikki piped up from the back seat, “And me too?????”
“Yes, Nikki, you too.”
Then Myra said to me, “You’re a good caretaker.”
I said thanks again and Nikki asked, “Me too???”
“Yes, Nikki. You too.”
Nikki replied skeptically, “Really? ‘Cause I don’t hear you sayin’ me too!”
Woe be to the poor emasculated sap who becomes her boyfriend.
In the four weeks leading up to the surgery, she’s been in a cast of some sort or other. Her movement has been restricted and slow. The kids and I have done our best to wait on mommy hand and ah…foot.
We went in for our pre-op visit with the surgeon today. I think Myra’s a little nervous, but leave it too Nikki to solve that problem. We were on the way to dinner tonight—Myra can’t eat after midnight and the surgery is not until 5:00 tomorrow afternoon—when Myra said to me, “Thank you for taking such good care of me.”
I said, “You’re welcome.”
Nikki piped up from the back seat, “And me too?????”
“Yes, Nikki, you too.”
Then Myra said to me, “You’re a good caretaker.”
I said thanks again and Nikki asked, “Me too???”
“Yes, Nikki. You too.”
Nikki replied skeptically, “Really? ‘Cause I don’t hear you sayin’ me too!”
Woe be to the poor emasculated sap who becomes her boyfriend.
A very dear friend had this exact surgery yesterday and still needs another surgery for her ankle in a week or two after the swelling goes down.
ReplyDeleteShe fell through her attic ceiling getting her fall decorations down. She also fractured a vertebrae that requires surgery on Thursday.
As a side note, I only just now recognized the connection between you and Myra. I guess I'm a little slow.