Hawk's Foot Surgery II: The Other Foot
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canyonwalkerIt's time to Lather, Rinse, Repeat on Hawk's foot surgery. That's because today premiered the sequel to October's foot surgery. Call it Foot Surgery II: The Other Foot. And yes, there were pancakes. 🤣
The surgery was this morning, and it went well. At least that's what other people told me. The doctor came by for his customary post-op pep talk before I was allowed into the recovery room with Hawk and before she was fully conscious. 😡 I swear, the man could have been giving the pep talk to a corpse except that The Machine That Goes "Bing!" (IYKYK) was still going bing. Though nowadays it's more of a boop.
At home we'd already prepared Hawk's nesting area.
She expects to stay mostly downstairs in the living room this time. Though she might migrate up to the dining room level because that's also where a bathroom is, and she needs to minimize stair climbs. Three months ago she camped out in the dining room, though that was also partly for easier access to food. This time we've stocked a shelf next to the sofa:
It's starting to look like a gas station convenience store in here! 🤣
Hawk's recovery is already going faster this time than last time. I mean, it's only Day One, so it's far too early to tell if it's meaningful. But today she was fully conscious a lot quicker and has less residual pain so far. We suspect the latter is because she went into this surgery with less baseline pain. The previous surgery seems to be helping already.
While Hawk is in good spirits today I have to keep reminding myself that this is only the start of the journey. Or the start of the sequel film. And though the sequel is now rolling the original hasn't finished playing yet! While the past two weeks have felt sort of like we're getting back to BAU (business as usual)— or its kin, Living As Usual— we were only at the start of that stage. And now we're back to the stage of Hawk barely being able to limp around the house for two weeks.
The surgery was this morning, and it went well. At least that's what other people told me. The doctor came by for his customary post-op pep talk before I was allowed into the recovery room with Hawk and before she was fully conscious. 😡 I swear, the man could have been giving the pep talk to a corpse except that The Machine That Goes "Bing!" (IYKYK) was still going bing. Though nowadays it's more of a boop.
At home we'd already prepared Hawk's nesting area.
She expects to stay mostly downstairs in the living room this time. Though she might migrate up to the dining room level because that's also where a bathroom is, and she needs to minimize stair climbs. Three months ago she camped out in the dining room, though that was also partly for easier access to food. This time we've stocked a shelf next to the sofa:
It's starting to look like a gas station convenience store in here! 🤣
Hawk's recovery is already going faster this time than last time. I mean, it's only Day One, so it's far too early to tell if it's meaningful. But today she was fully conscious a lot quicker and has less residual pain so far. We suspect the latter is because she went into this surgery with less baseline pain. The previous surgery seems to be helping already.
While Hawk is in good spirits today I have to keep reminding myself that this is only the start of the journey. Or the start of the sequel film. And though the sequel is now rolling the original hasn't finished playing yet! While the past two weeks have felt sort of like we're getting back to BAU (business as usual)— or its kin, Living As Usual— we were only at the start of that stage. And now we're back to the stage of Hawk barely being able to limp around the house for two weeks.
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Date: 2026-01-27 12:19 am (UTC)