Update on le elbow.

I am super thrilled to be able to share that le elbow is healing better than I had previously been told.  My doctor Back East had made me really anxious talking about potentially needing surgery and sending me for more tests, etc.  I visited my new orthopedist here in Los Angeles, and he said that I indeed do NOT need surgery(!!) and also that since I'm five weeks in, I'm further through the healing process than not. 

The view of Santa Monica from the doctor's office.

He's given me stretches to be doing to try to get my arm to be able straighten fully again (I currently can only extend it about 120 degrees, as opposed to the normal 180 degrees), and then I will be able to start Physical Therapy in January - wahoo!

ALSO - I think I mentioned that the entire reason I fell and broke my elbow is because my kneecap had displaced, causing the entire fall.  My East Coast doc had also told me that I'd need to have knee surgery to repair whatever it was that was causing my kneecap to have a mind of its own...but my LA doctor?  He says no surgery, just PT to strengthen the muscles surrounding my kneecap!  Since I was dreading surgery for the obvious reasons as well as the simple fact that it would be super inconvenient to my work schedule, I could not have gotten better news on a Friday.

So on that note, cheers to a fab weekend to come.  Do you have any great plans for the last pre-Christmas weekend??