Day 5 - New Cast!

Well, Dr. Bob was pretty confident that I'm coming along just great. The x-rays look great and he didn't have to do ALL the surgery I thought he was going to do. He did re-construct my ankle and put two screws in it to make it stronger and more stable. He said my Peroneal Tendon was "shot", but he really said, "for shit."

They took off the old cast and this is what I saw first:

Not bad, right? You can see the swelling but I knew underneath that - it was worse.

The first look.  

But it gets better!

Oh, this one's for my wallet!!

You can see the top suture is the Peroneal Tendon Repair and the bottom two are the ankle reconstruction.

That suture on my heel - hurts like a BITCH!  The Dr. kept telling me to pull my foot towards my face - like straight up - so he could stretch it out some. Uh huh...well, it hurt like hell and then I didn't want to play anymore!

Finally - I got my choice of color for the next two weeks ~

Well, it is Christmas!

I get to choose another color when I go back in two weeks and they take this one off and take out the stitches! Oh joy! You think they'll notice if I'm drunk?? :-) It's the heal stitch that scares me the most!

Thank you, Becky for driving me and of course for Starbucks, first!

Love,

Kareen