July 19th, 2012

Today my photo is of my grandma, Jeanette. My grandma is one of the most important people in my life. She is one of my best friends. I grew up spending almost every weekend with her, and she pretty much lived with us while I was growing up. She is someone I look up to and strive to be more like each day. I'm a lot like her as well. She's very sensitive and has anxiety issues like I do.

My grandma recently had her knee replaced. She had her first knee replaced about three years ago. I remember visiting her in the hospital a few days after she had it done. She was very out of it, loopy and lethargic. I got very upset, had to leave the room, and immediately broke down into tears. It was kind of a realization that my grandma was getting older, and would one day leave me. I'm not dumb, I knew this would happen eventually, but I've always seen her as invincible in a way. She beat cancer, twice, and is so strong. But to see her so broken down like this, it was difficult for me. So I was scared for her with this second knee replacement. However, she did SO much better this time. The medicine made her a little loopy for a day or two, but she handled the whole thing a lot better (she had a different doctor who did a different style of surgery and this was SO much better! She's already cruisin' around the house!) I spent a lot of time with her while she was in the hospital and today I took her in for physical therapy. She is very funny, and I love watching her in physical therapy because she's always cracking jokes! I think I got my sense of humor from her too!