Things I Should Have Noted Earlier

I've just started going through the 44 previous entries on this blog to add labels to all of them. It's been an interesting experience. While at this point I more or less take it for granted that my leg is outfitted with a large, bulky piece of medical equipment, I also take it for granted that my leg is straight. Looking back, it didn't use to be that way.

I've spent so much time recently focusing on what I can't do at the moment, like walk far or run or go outside in the snow, I simply haven't taken the time to realize how far I've come. Between late December 2012 and mid January 2013, my lower right leg was corrected by eleven degrees. The chances of my developing arthritis in the next ten to twenty years have gone down dramatically. I get to look forward to a life of increased activity.

That's really something.

But aside from that moment of quiet, I did want to take the time to address some loose threads from earlier in the existence of this blog…

1) The back-story updates: I'll finish those up eventually. I'm on spring break until the end of the month, and should have the time to at least make a solid dent in those.
2) The update on wheelchair accessibility at school. I've spent a lot of time thinking about all the particular details. While my experience is particular to the one building of my high school, the entry should (or at least could) be a worthwhile venture.
3) An update on pin care and getting clean with the frame. For the issue I was most preoccupied with before the surgery, I really haven't written much about my actual experiences with pin care, mostly because my actual experiences with pin care have been fairly non-dramatic. This will be rectified shortly.

And as for things I mentioned earlier and then never mentioned again…

I finished knitting my blanket. It is large and very bright and rather warm. I haven't woven in the ends of all the various strands of yarn, but still. It's mostly done and, at some ridiculous square footage, is an accomplishment I'm rather proud of.

For a while, I'd been wearing contact lenses. Then came the frame. I haven't worn contacts in months, though hopefully that changes soon.

Rhino the Hippopotamus has kept me company in the corner chair, which for the purposes of this blog I have rechristened Recovery Chair.

Sunny the Golden Retriever remains quite fond of his couch.

Way back in October and November, I kept mentioning my progress in Stephen King's The Stand. In the next calendar year, I can confirm that I did, in fact, finish the book.

In other things which I am done with, my walker currently resides in the trunk of either the minivan or my father's car and I have not seen it since the start of break.

With the frame now mostly taken care of, my next adventure is the college process. I'll be hearing back starting tomorrow all through the end of the month, it looks like. Well, that and catching back up to speed on this blog.

Oh! in a final note for this entry, my mother got me a towel with a Ferris wheel on it today…it is currently one of my favorite things ever, mostly because I'm immensely fond of Ferris wheels.