thank you all for thinkling of toby.
at the moment she is walking with a walker to keep her balance. she can bend her knee at 100+ degrees, and flex to what they call -12 degrees. it's ackward, but what it means is she is a plus 12 degrees from flat out, which is no bend at all, she can straighten her leg completly.
when she resumes walking she will not walk with a limp. she will still set of the alarms at grocery stores.
we have a water bed that sits on double drawers so she has to sleep in a bed we bought that she can get in and out of.
when i tuck her in at night, i put her leg in a machine that gently bends her leg and straightens it out very slowly all night. then we cuddle as much as we can on a twin bed with toby's leg in a moving sling.
next week she will have arthroscopic surgery to remove a something that she has in her lung that turned up in a routine xray. it appears to be very tiny, like a small marble and it also appears to be localized and easy to remove as long as the doctor knocks her out instead of putting a piece of wood between her teeth.
as always, we expect everything to turn out perfectly.
toby has stopped her 1/2 pack a day habit and i no longer smoke in the house except in one room with an exhaust fan. i expect to save about $300 a month on the cost of my cigars. everything has a happy result.
i will pass on your good wishes to her. and thanks for caring.
