Still doing well!

No news is good news.  I have been doing physical therapy in the pool for the past 2 weeks.  Very easy stuff like walking, squatting, stepping all with the buoyancy of the water to help. I do this for an hour and I think it is helping with my strength in the core and the upper body, which has been neglected certainly since surgery and for some long time before.  I still cannot lift anything but the water exercises give resistance that must help.  I go back to the orthopedist in a couple of weeks for my 3 month post surgery visit.  I am very pleased.  The small amount of pain I had going into the leg post op is nearly gone.  I am able to walk for an hour without stopping.

My tooth implant seems to be doing well.  There is no pain and the implant seems solid.  Not sure when the crown will be made but I see the periodontist next week.  I'd like to get it done before we go the California in June.  June is a busy month.  I have a medical school class 50th reunion in Boston, a 50th anniversary for the Vanderbilt Clinical Pharmacology program in Nashville and two high school graduations: Andrew in Sugar Land and Christopher in Carlsbad.  Andrew will be going to Loyola Marymount for college in Los Angeles and Christopher will likely be going to UCSD in La Jolla. I am so proud of both of them.

A few days ago, Val took me to the site where Texas gained its independence from Mexico in 1836 (I think).  There is a large monument on the site in San Jacinto, taller than the Washington monument I'm told.  Also there is the battleship Texas.  It fought in both world wars and is an impressive piece of machinery with 14" guns (huge) and lots of smaller weapons.  It had a crew of 1800 and was originally coal fired and then converted to diesel fired boilers.  Here are a couple of pictures.