Today was a good day. Day 13 after my knee replacement surgery and out came the staples. I also ditched the walker when my wife drove me to the clinic. Gave my cane a test run and was pleasantly surprised. It was kind of funny to watch the two nurse (one a trainee) start taking staples out and then the older nurse asked the young one if she wanted to try removing one. She shook her head and I said hey that's how you learn, give it a try. She smiled and really shook her head no. Then when the older one struggle with a couple of the staples due to the scabbing over the incision she said she was going to go get what's her name who's the resident expert at removing staples. She came in and then it was a team effort, the older lady swabbed the scabs with saline solution to soften them up, the expert removed the staples...and me, I held the gauze pad and wiped the staple removal tool to get the staple and gunk off so she could go after the next one. Fun day, even got the chance to tell the 3 of them about Mayo Clinic Connect. I think I'm going to rest from the exercises for the rest of the day to let everything heal a little more ☺ Might go for a short stroll out in the driveway seeing that the sun is trying to peek out.

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