Flashback: The DivaAunt and Her Bionic Knee

On June 18, 2012 my lovely aunt had her left knee replaced.  I, being the awesome niece that I am, took the day off to go sit around the hospital and provide moral support/comic relief. The dawn found my mother and I in the car and head to Northside Hospital - not 'eye surgery' Northside hospital, the other one.  I'm seriously not kidding when I say that it feels like my family single-handedly kept Northside Hospital in business in 2012.

Getting prepped for surgery...she just got the good drugs.

Showing off her heart rate monitor...which they put on the middle finger.

I was pretty sure her surgery hat will also prevent aliens from reading her brain waves...

...when I told her that joke she thought it was hilarious!  I'm pretty sure the drugs helped.

Her surgeon and his head nurse.  They were super nice and really funny!

Several hours later, post surgery, we got a visit from the super sweet PT girl.

DivaAunt said "NO FLOWERS"...so I got her a 'Get Well Frog' instead.

Getting prepped to stand up on her new knee for the first time.

Slowly and carefully...

...and she's up!

By dinner time the next day she was chillin' in the recliner.

She still has pain in her leg, which sometimes makes getting any sleep hard, but she's moving much better than she has in years.

- HistoryDiva