Recuperating from hip surgery is a lot more exhausting than I'd imagined.  And by that, I mean for me.

Marty is doing pretty well since we came home from the hospital.  He wasn't able to come home on Thursday like I thought, but was able to check out on Friday.  We spent the late night/early morning hours on Friday/Saturday in the emergency room ruling out the dangerous reasons for the swelling in his leg.  The leg that was twice the size of his non-surgical leg and looked a bit like he'd slipped on one leg of a fat suit.  It was creepy and alarming, but no big deal once we figured out that it was probably just from activity.  It's gotten much better since then, he's had a few slight fevers, but all signs point to healing (knocking on wood right now).

The kids are doing very well with Marty's limitations, helping by carrying stuff, making ice (that's a very popular project), and staying clear of all injured and healing areas.  They both have colds, while kind of a bummer, have rendered them a little more low key than normal which may be a blessing.

I've been getting help from family and lots of support from friends.  It is greatly appreciated, and while our house is a complete mess, we're all doing okay.

To lighten the mood a bit, I bring you some information that Marty received regarding total hip replacement.  I felt comforted right away because I totally identified with the people shown on the cover:


Don't they look just like us?  The booklet is filled with information and diagrams, and since this is a family site, I'll keep this pretty clean (meaning my parents read this, so I'll try not make this totally embarrassing).  I thought the diagrams looked kind of complicated and kept wondering how the bald man and permed woman were getting themselves positioned as illustrated.  It took me five minutes before I realized that the part of the diagrams in question was not the body part I'd imagined, but instead was the new artificial hip joint.  That cleared everything right up.