Day 2 - Crutchward Bound

Welcome to Day 2. The nerve block is just now wearing off at 2 pm, more than 24 hours after I first got it. It hasn't worn off completely yet, so there's still a lot of numbness in my leg. Not much pain yet, but I've been keeping up with the Vicodin and naproxen.

I'm hopping around on the crutches pretty good, meaning it takes me 10 minutes to hobble over to a chair only to realize I've left the remote control across the room which takes another 10 minutes to hobble over to and back only to realize I've forgotten something else. The one-legged shuffle is a slow, slow dance.



I've also used the CPM machine for the first time this morning. It slowly moves the leg, bending it to about 30 degrees to start out with and then going back to straight. The idea is to get up to 120 degrees of flexion (bending). This is supposed to help with recovery.



I'm also starting leg raises and may try some quadriceps contractions later on depending on how everything feels once this nerve block wears off.