Happy Birthday to my most beautiful wife, my soulmate, and my bestie. Every day with you is a gift, and I am so grateful to share this journey with you. 🎊🥳🎉💐❤️🙏🏾
To God be the glory. Always.
Most people do milestone posts at six months. We are not most people.
We waited for eight. Because eight months ago, Ndudi arrived on the same day her mother @mayikeora was born. Same date. Same family. God’s very specific sense of humour and grace.
She did not come with noise. She came with presence. And from that first moment, everything expanded to make room for her.
Watching her grow has been one of the greatest joys of our lives. Every milestone belongs to her. We are simply her grateful, besotted parents still catching up to everything she is becoming.
Ndudi, you are eight months old today. You are curious, you are bold, and you are so deeply loved. By us. By your sisters. By everyone whose life you have quietly walked into and rearranged.
Thank you for choosing this family. We are so glad you are ours.
With all our hearts,
Don and May
Happy birthday to you Nene my gorgeous beautiful brainiac daughter. You have brought me untold joy and gratitude to God for gifting me such an amazing daughter. Guys help me celebrate Nene. 💐❤️💯❤️🎊🥰
Today, I most especially celebrate my beautiful loving wife @mayikeora for being an awesome mom. Sweetheart you are a mother par excellence. ❤️🎉🥳🎊💐Happiest Mother’s Day to all the other mothers out there raising the next generation quietly, lovingly and tirelessly. We celebrate and honor you all too.
Three weeks post Op and progress. I hated the walker I am glad it’s gone😀. My physiotherapist called me “crazy” and an “over achiever” hahahahaha. Crazy because I smash any goals they set for me and demand more. They are tired 🤣but so happy that I don’t let pain or difficulties slow me done. #totalkneereplacementsurgery
When life knocks you down, do pushups and sit-ups while down🤣🤣🤣. Celebrating my little wins on this 12 weeks rough road to recovery. Next I begin physical therapy and I plan to shock them😜
Despite the pain, the depressing moments, I made a decision to battle through it. I had a full two hour workout on chest back and legs. The pain was real but so am I. I spent the whole second week grinding. The worst is inability to sleep due to pain. We move #kneereplacement
Part 2.
The almighty week one post surgery humbled me.
The pain was real. The sleep deprivation was real. The mental battle? Very real. I have a new respect for anyone who has gone through this. You all deserve medals for pain endurance.
I flew my favourite people to California, and waiting for them felt like a child waiting for his mum to get home. Love does something medicine cannot explain. Maybe my recovery has a little extra dose of it mixed in.
Grateful for friends and family who stood close. You helped more than you know.
As for me, discipline has always been my quiet coach. Step outside. Get fresh air. Do the work. Heal one day at a time.
Progress that only God and stubborn consistency can produce.
To God be the glory for progressive healing.
See you in my happy place 😛. #kneereplacementsurgery #kneereplacement #knee
Hello IG family. I hope you are all winning.
On February 6, 2026, I checked in for a TOTAL knee replacement. Yes, a full upgrade. And let me tell you, this is not a spa treatment. It is easily one of the most intense recoveries I have experienced.
But I decided early that pain would not be the headline. Progress would.
Ten days post surgery, while some people were still negotiating with their pillows, I was negotiating with dumbbells. Upper body only, of course. My family thought I had lost my mind. I preferred to think I had found my discipline.
At my first post op appointment on February 25, the doctors were pleasantly shocked. I was hitting week six milestones in week three. No magic. Just mindset, consistency, and a lifetime of choosing movement over excuses.
The walker and I have officially parted ways. The pain still visits, but it does not get to move in.
And for those asking, the gym did not cause this. If anything, it is the reason I am bouncing back the way I am.
When life hits you, you can sit with the setback or you can train through it. I chose the second option. We move. #totalkneereplacement #kneesurgery #kneesurgery
