Day 13

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I get to see what my foot looks like, tomorrow!

Tomorrow is my 2 week post-op appointment. They will be removing the cast, removing the stitches and then putting on a new cast that I get to keep for a lovely 4 more weeks. I'm so excited.

Otherwise, here is a summary of what's been going on...

I've had a total of 2 scooter and 1 crutch incident. My knee is sore and bruised from such incidents.

I still do not have approval to work. This is driving me INSANE! I want to work people! Tomorrow when I go to the Dr., I'll be making sure that my papers get signed and delivered!

My cast is super loose now almost all the time. This is really good in that it means the swelling has really gone done. I probably keep it elevated about 22 hours a day. Seriously.

Speaking of the cast, it's getting gross and smelly (says Brian).

I can pretty much cover my foot and toes around as much as they can in the cast, without any pain. I can even put my casted toes down and use them to balance a little when I'm standing so I'm not entirely on one foot.

The girls can now climb on my cast and not hurt me. This was a big milestone for us. It still can't be bumped or twisted however.

Lastly, I learned tonight that tickling is NOT good. When my casted toes were ticked, my foot did a major jerk and it hurt BAD. Lesson for all - DO NOT tickle someones toes when they are in a cast!

Besides those updates, I'm really starting to be a fairly miserable person. Now that I'm not on the narcotics anymore and not in as much pain, I want to do more and I can't. It's frustrating not to be able to walk over my kids toys (hence 1 of the scooter and crutch incidents) and to not be able to run upstairs and grab a sweatshirt when I'm cold. The scooter is great, but it can't go up/down stairs and I can't move it in and out of a car myself. The crutches are tiring. I still have not yet driven my car. I'm dropping things (sorry MacBook, ouch) and spilling things... it's just so frustrating. I can't imagine people who go through this surgery without any help. My husband has been amazing, my 3 year old "helps" me and we have great other family who have been doing whatever they can to assist.

Next update will be tomorrow, post appointment. I'm hoping to get some pics of my foot when the cast is off!