6 Days of Freedom

I know I should have posted Monday when I got the stupid thing off, but I was not in a very good mood that night and then got very busy with the week and weekend so here goes...

Monday morning I was thrilled to pieces. I couldn't wait to go to the doctor. So I FINALLY get to my appointment and my doctor's nurse is on vacation so things were ten times slower then they regularly are. He ended up cutting the cast off himself...wish I would have thought to bring my camera and take pictures of that. Anyway he did more x-rays, made me stand on it, put a boot on my leg and sent me on my way. The longer I sat at my desk Monday the worse it got. My foot was throbbing. It was not a very good afternoon. Definitely not what I had hoped for. Went to PT on Tuesday and after that sort of felt rejuvenated. I just have to be patient and realize that it is not going to happen over night. The foot was very stiff and from the new pressure on my foot... I know this is gross but... my incision began to drain. It wasn't terribly gross it is just my body trying to make a scab. See the steri-strips that were on the incision from the time I got the stitches out three weeks ago were still over it. My doctor told me not to pull them off that they would fall off. In the bathtub that night (which was absolutely wonderful and sort of gross at the same time from all of the skin flaking off) they came off and pulled off the scabs over the small areas that weren't completely healed. Every muscle, tendon, and nerve is screaming at me wondering what the hell I am doing! I do have pictures to share of my legs the day I got the cast off. They are a little freaky. The muscles in my right leg are like jello. I got a few exercises to work on at home and an appointment to go back on Friday morning. So I diligently worked on my exercise as much as I possibly could. My visit on Friday was very encouraging. When I walked in the door my PT instantly said "Good job, you are putting more weight on it" and then later she told me that when she stretched it that it was not as stiff as it was on Tuesday. Yea me!! I got a few new exercises to help me become full weight bearing on it. I am still relying on my crutches which really frustrates me, but I just have to keep in mind it will all come with time.

We went to New Iberia for Ashley and Allan's wedding on Friday night. My foot was very swollen and I was having quite a bit of pain. I am guessing most of it was because it was SO swollen. I tried to stay off of it as much as I could, but we ended up going to dinner with everyone and I got pretty drunk. Saturday morning luckily the swelling was down significantly. The wedding was GREAT. We had a blast and I did a little dancing in place! The foot actually did really well. I was very happy. We hung out with everyone at the hotel afterwards and drank more. We got up around 10 this morning and came home. Today the swelling is almost non existant. I can actually see veins on the outside of my foot again. Hopefully that is a positive sign as well and I won't have as much swelling in the weeks to come. My next PT appointment is early tomorrow morning so we'll see how that goes.