Dr Visit Today

I had my four week post op appointment this morning. To get the stitches taken out and to get my last cast for the last two weeks of my non weight bearing period. I also decide to drive today, because I can do everything else why can't I drive?
As Dr R is busily removing my stitches, I ask him what are my chances of him letting me out of the cast before Christmas, because the worst he can say is no...
He says ok, come back next Tuesday and you can go into your boot and start working on range of motion exercises but you just can't walk on it until the 29th. I say awesome and I am very excited about it.
He continues removing the stitches and it is sort of not feeling too good because they have been in there for four weeks and I am sure there is some skin attached to the stitches at this point.
Then he says, do you have your boot? I say um no, it is not like I carry it around in my car with me?? He say, well lets do that today instead of next week, that way you don't have to worry about coming in next week. I am absolutely elated and I really don't want to ask any questions because I don't want him to change his mind!
So I get steri-strips over my incision, and a little ace bandage around my foot and he says go home and get your boot before you do anything else. NO PROBLEM!
I do still have stipulations and limitations. I am still non weight bearing for two more weeks, but without a cast that is going to breeze by! I can take a shower, but I can't submerge my foot in water and I have to start PT on the 29th! I am totally ok with this because all of it means no more cast on my leg! No more itching, no more skin build up, no more uncomfortableness, no more fiberglass cutting my leg!
I can't even begin to explain how excited I am!

Goings On

Well, things have been EXTREMELY busy. I just finished my first semester at LSU and possibly have all A's! Yay me! It was a very grueling semester. I had LOTS of outside work to do for my classes and lots of projects and paper and other stuff due all on the same day! I often asked myself how could LSU possibly be harder than BRCC, but somehow it is. Maybe it is because the majority of my classes were concentration courses...I don't know. The good news is that I am done until January 12th and I am thrilled. More good news is that the foot is doing great! I only have 2 weeks and 4 days left in this stupid cast. It really has gone by so quickly, and I am so glad. The last one seemed to drag on FOREVER. Perhaps it is just because things are so busy right now that I am just not thinking about it. Whatever it is, I am glad that it has been so quick.
The house is fantastic. We love it more everyday. Brandon got our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving so we have everything decorated and it is just great! I am a little bummed though. We decided that since we bought the house we were only going to buy presents for a few people this year and that is no fun. I want to buy for everyone that I normally buy for, but I have to resist! Brandon and I said we weren't going to by for each other either, but I am having a hard time doing that too!