Days seven and eight

I have not been in the mood to write these past few days but today I am going to make myself! Here's a quick rundown....all week I continued to have problems sleeping. It sucks. I cannot get comfortable at all and tossing and turning isn't really a good option since my leg feels like it weighs 100 pounds lately. So Wednesday was a bad day (day seven). I had been taking my pain meds only at night for a couple days and Tuesday night was the first day I didn't take them at night so that may have contributed to my crappy sleep.
I was so, so incredibly excited for Thursday to come because I got to go back to the doctor to open up my brace and unwrap my leg. It really sucked getting down the stairs but I didn't care! It felt so good to get out of the house and into the sunshine (even if it was just while I hopped to the car). So doctor came in (I saw Dr Nitz's physician's assistant for this appointment- she also assisted in my surgery) and I was all smiles! She said something like "I am never greeted like that by patients that had acl surgery 7 days ago." Anyway, both she and I were amazed at how good my leg looked:

My usually shapely calves are dwindling down to nothing and my quads feel (and look) like they are gone! But no bruising at all!! And I still have a bit of my great tan......just kidding- it's fading fast. Anyway, it felt so good to let my leg breathe. Good news is that I only have to wear my brace when I am out of bed. The doctor said that I don't have to wear it when I am sleeping but I am a little nervous I will turn over and hurt it so we agreed that I would wear it to bed unlocked (meaning I can bend it if I need to ).  Okay bad news is that my leg still felt so heavy. Lifeguard/ swimmer friends: remember having to go down to the bottom of the deep end to pick up that huge brick? That's what my leg felt like Thursday. It was really scary. But it was great to get onto the cpm machine without a brace on. I felt like I was getting so much more of a bend. Same thing with my other two exercises: I felt so much less restricted and therefore got so much more out of the exercises.
I want to tell you guys about the new exercises I'm doing and how Friday went but I'm going to do that later today...in the meantime, here's a picture of really pretty flowers my mom got me to brighten up this room. Neither one of us is a fan of roses, but these are cool:

Mr and Mrs Holbrock gave me this vase for graduation and it is one of my favorites! Greg, if you are reading this, tell them thanks again!!