The Kicker is 8 months old today!

It feels like these 8 months have gone by so fast, yet then again, they really haven’t.

There’s been a LOT that has gone on since that day in Cleveland Clinic.  I was so nervous going into that procedure.  Wow.  It seems like a different person I am talking about.  I was so cold in there… I kept Uggs on the whole time for that reason!  Here I was, totally naked on the operating table except for these big brown boots!  I just sit back sometimes and let myself be amazed at the human body and it’s ability to recover. Today is one of those days. We really are quite amazing organisms.  I have gained so much respect for my body over these 8 months, watching it go from very weak when I could barely walk to much stronger.. I am now walking for blocks and blocks and blocks without giving it a thought!  Even though I like to live in the present, allowing myself to look back every once in a while gives me a boost when I see how far my Ticker has come.  Such improvement. Yes, it’s sad to really think about some things in detail like say, the first time I found out about all of this last October (that’s a very traumatic thing for me), but I am so happy that we are seeing improvements and they aren’t stopping any time soon, that’s for sure.

I am really proud of my bod today. It’s a good day.