A small victory

As I'm getting better I notice small things I can do now.

For example, I can lift my knee.  About a month before my surgery, I had lost the ability to lift my knee while seated. I'm not sure if it was the loose hardware or the pain, but it was likely muscle atrophy.  While seated I would look at my knee and try to raise it- but nothing.  Now I can.  Not high.  Not fast, but it moves.

But the big victory was that on the driver's side of the car, I can now get in.  Without having to lift my leg with my hands.  I'm not going to win any races, but it is certainly an achievement that once my body is in, I can move my leg into the footwell.  I haven't gotten there yet on the passenger side- I still have to lift my leg and move it across the door threshold, but that should come soon.