Sometime in the darkness hours early Monday morning she woke to a pain at the rear of her right knee joint.
It grew progressively worse until she finally got some pain medication and some ice on it.
But then this morning the pain persisted from the back of the calf, up through the knee joint and into the back of the thigh.
When she tried her physical therapy this morning she was unable to take even one step and, in addition, she'd been given a muscle relaxant that had her groggy.
When I visited her the second time this morning she was back in bed, feeling depressed, and dozing off.
But I just spoke to her on the telephone and she said the head PT guy had worked on her leg for a good five minutes and given her a lot of advice about how to avoid the contractions, what to do when they start, when to ask for pain medication and how to loosen up the muscles.
And then she walked 32 STEPS!
She also learned this afternoon that she will have her staples removed from her surgery today.
So what started out as a rotten day has turned into a much better one.
And on the Goodwin Fire the latest I heard was that it is 91 percent contained and should be totally contained by tomorrow night at the latest.
So today is a Glorious Fourth of July!
Incidentally the traditional fireworks displays have been canceled in Prescott and Chino Valley but will go off as scheduled in Prescott Valley, where I live!
