This year is already flying by. We had a great week of activity. I had a huge varsity scout huddle with our while district. I was able to display and present my (turns out to be very unique) high adventure trip surfing from Pismo Beach to San Onofre. We had a mission president who is over the Salt Lake City mission speak to us. His talk was on "Great missionaries come from great scout leaders". He talked about how we have a tremendous influence over these boys because they see us outside of the shirt and tie in a church. They see us on campouts, hikes, surfing and lobster diving. They see us as the example of what they'll become. If we talk about our missions and are excited for them, they'll want to go too. Scout trips are the best way to get to know the "real" scout. We can talk to them in the mountains or on the ski hill. We talk while warming by a fire. The idea is to show them of what their life can be like if they follow the prophet. It really made me think about what I do and how I act with the scouts.
We went to the temple yesterday and had a great session with the other relief society presidents in our stake. The stake president held a special chapel session too. We went with an older couple, the Farnsworths. Marie is Michele's first counselor. Her husband is so funny and cool. Keith was in the US secret service a guarded Nixon and Ford. He has plenty of great stories. We all went to eat at BJs pizza afterwards and made a real night of it.
Kate had her last all-star soccer game. The game was lopsided 11-0 but those other girls were all 6'4" and outweighed me. So could kick the ball almost the entire length of the field. It was unreal to watch them play. Kate played very well and we are very proud of her.
This week is going to sunny and warm again, touching 80 on Thursday. I'm going to surf my guts out all week. This last week was an unbelievably great week of surfing. It feels better than any day all summer last year. It's incredible. I'm taking the scouts to Frank Reade's house on Thursday for a welding demonstration and then taking the scouts skiing at Big Bear on Friday. It'll be 50-55 degrees out and I'll be skiing very easy so no concerns. We all should have a great time.
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Day 4 - Knee bending to 70 degree range. 5 - 10 leg lifts. Shuffling around without crutches. Less pain today.
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DAILY PROGESS
Day 13: About the same ROM but the knee is really stiff. I'm moving actually slower. There's some new pains around the knee cap.
Day 12: Same progress but the knee is really stiff.
Day 11: good knee bending. I'd say around the 120 degree ROM mark. Tried to do leg curls... hardly could get the leg off the ground.
Day 10 - greater than ROM using knee bends. Straightened leg a litter easier.
Day 9 - 110 degrees ROM. The goal has been met. Greater weight on knee. Sleeping with the ice machine is still lousy.
Day 8 - 100 degrees ROM. Straightening leg to zero degrees.
Day 7 - Staples out. 90 degrees and holding. The push to 110 by the end of the week is brutal because it all depends on the swelling. Decrease in swelling equates to increase in range.
Day 6 - Starting at 80 degrees knee bending hoping to go to 90. Not sure because staples still aren't out yet. Walking a lot more and using one 1 crutch or without help.
Day 5 - Knee bending to 80 degrees. Leg lifts and greater weight on knee. Swelling is noticeably reduced.
Day 3 - 60 degrees of knee bending. Walk very short distances. Lot's of pain.
Day 2 - Laid up. 40 degrees of knee bending. Very, very sore and painful.
Day 1 Surgery - Underestimated how painful this operation is. I can't believe I paid so much money to get so much pain. Plenty of crying and whining. 30 degree of knee bending.
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