Recovery

Yesterday was a very good day for Aaron considering it was only one day post-op. He had no pain in his leg and the pain in his back had improved considerably. He decided not to nap all day so he'd be more likely to sleep at night, and was sitting up and walking around for most of the day. He was tired out by bedtime, though, and the pain in his legs had returned by then. He was frustrated to feel pain there again since he'd felt so good during the day, but we decided to give it the night and see how he felt in the morning. He says that his legs feel "weird" this morning but the pain is a little better. His doctor estimated that it would take around a week after surgery to really start to feel better. In the meantime, I will continue to remind him of this and try to keep up my Susie Sunshine optimism for him. I know he will be fine, it will just take time.