Thanksgiving Update

Prior to Dan’s surgery last week the docs told us it was a “minor procedure.”  Everyone in the family thinks he/she speaks M.D. these days, but a little something was lost in translation this time--we understood “minor” to mean “minor,” but it turns out it meant something more akin to “you almost certainly won’t die in surgery, but you’re going to feel like crap afterwards.”  All of which has proven true, and led Dan to have to spend most of the past week back in bed.  By yesterday he was feeling a little better though, and so we eased into what turned out to be great Thanksgiving dinner.

Dan made it to physical therapy for the first time in a week this morning, so here are a couple videos of a MATC workout.  They’re admittedly a little lame, so watch at your own peril.





While flipping through the post-Thanksgiving dinner football games on TV yesterday, our family was a little surprised to see Oprah doing her show from the MATC.  If you want to see a more professional view of the facility, you can check out the show here: Oprah on Location at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
 
Finally, Dan was invited up to West Point to watch President Obama’s speech on Afghanistan on Tuesday, so we’ll be driving up there early next week.