I got my cast off....

and this time he didn't put another one on!! BUT, I am back in my boot and still on crutches. He said I could slowly start to be weight on it.

He did a little bit of testing, but not too much because it is still really sore. He took my stitches out and said my incision is still pretty tender. I put LOTS and LOTS of lotion of my calf/shin and it still itches. It looked pretty nasty.

Right now, six hours after the removal of the cast, my ankle is hurting pretty bad (and no, I haven't put more weight on it than I should).

It's all wrapped up right now, but at some point soon I will post a picture or two.

I got my cast off....

...then got a new one put on.

Dr. Bell said it all looks good. My incision is healing well and there is no sign of infection. BUT he put me in another cast to give it some more time to heal and I have to stay off of it a bit longer than expected. The new cast will stay on until I go back on March 30th. That day he will take out my stitches and hopefully I will be back in the boot starting to bear weight.

Here's a picture for you all to enjoy of my foot in between the casts. It looks a lot more swollen in the picture than it really is. It's wasn't really all that bloody and didn't really smell; it looks way better than my knee did when we took the bandages and such off for the first time after my TTT.

That's about... time to put the computer away :)

An Update

Sorry it's taken so long for an update...

My ankle is doing okay. Last Sunday I took a pain pill after church and then I didn't take another one until Friday night. My ankle didn't really hurt most of the week, it was just annoying. Yesterday and today it's hurt pretty bad. My cast keeps getting looser and looser as the swelling is going down...which means my foot can move a little bit. I go back to the doctor tomorrow morning to get the cast off. Not sure if he's going to just put me back in my boot, or if he's going to put another cast on it. I still won't be able to put weight on it though until at least Friday. I've done pretty good with the crutches so far... I haven't gotten sore arms yet :) And Brent's been pretty much amazing taking care of me and helping me get around.

In other news.... I did enjoy spending time with my mom when she was here last weekend. We really didn't do much; watched lots of movies and took some naps. I did have her and Brent rearrange the furniture in our living room; I was bored with it...plus it looks way bigger and much better now. I didn't do much through out the week. I took lots of naps and watched lots of movies. I went back to work on Thursday. On Saturday my dad came over and brought Katie and Trev. We had fun hanging out with them. Dad had fun taking picture of my foot next to Katie's broken arm. Saturday night Brent's parents got here. We had fun with them on Sunday and they hung out all day with Brent today while I was working. I've heard we have a new dresser upstairs in our guest room from them, but I have yet to crawl up the stairs to see it.

That's about it... nothing to exciting. I'll try to remember to post tomorrow to let y'all know what Dr. Bell says about my ankle. Maybe I'll even post of pictures :)

Home and Resting

My surgery went well today. Dr Bell told mom and Brent that it was one of the worst tears he had seen, so it was a good thing we decided to go ahead with the surgery. My foot is in a hard cast for the next couple weeks and I can't not put any weight on my foot. It is pretty sore, kind of scared about how bad it is going to feel tomorrow. I can move ALL my toes again! I haven't been able to move my three outside toes since Jan 15, so that's a good thing :)