getting off the floor with my cast.



Gurney style with a body cast
& class mates.
My 7" scar- excuse the bed pan.LOL!
Hydro Pool.

Thelma my partner in crime.



Traction & weights without the pins.

Traction with a pin in my leg and weights to pull my leg down. That wasn't fun!

back in the day...the hospital stay

Once upon a time...

...there was a girl named Ina & she walked several blocks to school, but had to stop several times on the way home because her leg would hurt and she would stop to pet all the cute kitties along the way. She was told that she had growing pains. Finally, it was discovered that she had CHD- congenital hip dysplasia. At the age of 9, she had several surgeries and stayed in the hospital for a total of 3 yrs.

She had body cast, 1/2 cast, leg traction, pins in her hip, wheelchairs, crutches, pain, & a bad attitude. She lived in L.A. on the Sunset Strip at the Childrens Rehap Hospital. She had a trusty side-kick and her name was Thelma. Boy, Oh, Boy! Did those girls get into trouble... they would escape on their wheelchair & gurney. Oh! The places they would go... up on the roof-tops, bus rides down the strip, where ever they could get those hands to take them.

Ina was told that she would never walk again... She always hated for people to tell her no, or what to do, so she proved them wrong, but she couldn't get away from the arthritis & her hip deteriorating, so now she has to have a THR- total hip replacement.

more hand dyed yarn

This one is made from Calendula flowers. My mother wanted to name me Calendula & then Marie Antoinette. She got the Marie in there.

Hand-dyed Yarn

Isn't this color just amazing. I made this color from wood chips.

Have a date!

It's official...Dec.10th is the magic #. I will be in the hospital for about 3 days. The surgery will be about 1 -2 hrs. I can't wait to be on the other side of healing.

Sometimes I think I really don't need this surgery. Denial! Except when I wake up in the morning and can hardly walk or sit on the pot.

I will have a hip buddy from Australia having her THR in a few weeks. We met via the women's hip group.

It's all about getting ready!

Pink Womb Room

My Pink Womb Room

I thought i'd share my room where I will be recouping & making dreams come true...