Wednesday, Nov 23, 2011 pictures

Surgery is done!  We arrived at the hospital early Monday afternoon, but the surgery was a couple of hours late because Piedmont is a very busy hospital!  The doctor was there ready to go, but there wasn’t an operating room available.  Surgery finally began at 8 pm and I woke up around 10 pm in my room.  It wasn’t quite as bad as the doctor had feared.  He only put 2 screws and 1 pin in.  He isn’t sure if he will leave those in or if he will go back and take them out later.  I guess we’ll have to just wait and see.  Since it was late, they kept me overnight. My poor, dear parents would not leave and I’m afraid they had a rough night, but I was so grateful that they were there!  I was pretty groggy and slept as much as they would let me in between nurses and others coming in and out.  The doctor came by early in the morning and said I could leave when I was ready.  Unfortunately, the anesthesia made me sick and very woozy, so I wasn’t ready to go for a while.  Someone came to see if I was ok with the crutches and we decided a walker was a much better way to go!  They have also suggested a new thing for later on.  I’m not sure what it’s called, but it’s something like a stool with wheels, which I would put my knee on.  This way I could put weight on the knee and hold the cast up behind me when I’m walking and it would relieve the other foot from having to bear so much weight.  I’m very curious and hope I get a chance to try one out.  But insurance isn’t likely to pay for that, so I’ll have to rent it.  It was around noon when I was finally ready to go home. 

My foot is in a large cast which covers all of my foot but only the back part of my leg.  I have an appointment with the doctor in 2 weeks.  When they take the cast off, they’ll put me in one of those boots.  I’m still a bit light-headed from the medicine, but the sickness is gone.  My foot hurts from time to time, but it’s not unbearable.  The medicine works for the most part.  It does feel, fairly often, like my foot has gone to sleep and that’s a bit uncomfortable. 

Dr. Beskin also straightened out my broken toe while he was at it.  Now it hurts more than before, but at least it is straight!  I’m very glad that I can still get up and around when I need to, even though I’m supposed to (and do) keep the foot elevated as much as possible. 

Thanks again for your prayers on my behalf to our wonderful Heavenly Father and Great Physician! 

Blessings and love,

Kim