New Fashionable Cast

Today I had my first appointment since the surgery. Overall they thought it looked good. The plate may need to be removed because it does not appear that it is on evenly and therefore may rub against the skin due to the size of my ankles. If that is the case, they will wait at least 9 months after it is fully healed before they remove it. I am also still stationed to the recliner with my foot propped due to the possibility of blood clots. I am still not to put any weight on the foot and limit stairs along with carrying no weight. Very interesting. So needless to say, I am still stuck in the basement.

I had to have the stitches removed today. I told Dan and the nurse that it was worse than having my c-section stitches/staples removed. I have a constant pain in my ankle now where some of them were removed, not fun. I have also lost some feeling in the top of my foot. The doctor said the feeling may come back, but the nerves had to be moved around during surgery and sometimes this will happen. It feels like it is asleep and tingling all of the time.

The fun part of the day is picking a color for the cast. Lime green, bright yellow, hunter orange, royal blue, hot pink, purple, black or burgundy. We decided burgundy would probably be best. It sure is much smaller than the last cast. Also, I don't have to cover it for baths!! I had gotten the previous cast wet twice the past few days so I was excited about this feature.

Here is the new fashion accessory in the Walock house.