Survived camp at work this week …. Yeah! One week off with no kiddo darlings and then the last weekend in June is our final camp week. I am very thankful for the camp staff that I hired - everyone showed up, no one was sick, all took initiative and helped with even those munchkins rubbed you the wrong way after the first hour of camp. The kids were good about telling me to keep my foot up!
I realized on Thursday that there is a small incision under my second toe (from the April surgery) that I thought was closed and it is still open. It is at the connecting point of the second toe with the foot – bad spot. I am hoping that it closes naturally, as it has been seven weeks since that surgery.
I thought we have fixed the curving toes deformity issue at the end of April, but I am concerned now that the problem as returned. The toes are droopier now than when the pins were removed several weeks ago. The tendon that allows them to droop has been cut (intentionally) so there should be no way or reason for them to return to the incorrect position. I saw my orthopedic surgeon in St. Louis on Friday and he said that if the toes hinder walking, I could have more bone work done to correct this. I am not in favor of doing more bone work on the toes. As long as I cannot shift weight to the front of the foot, there is no point in attempting to fix the toes again. My guess is that it is the same issue with the positioning deformity on the inside of the foot …. the correction is fine during surgery and for a short time after, but then the problem returns. There could easily be an undetected nerve problem happening, but no one knows …. neurologists think it is an orthopedic issue and orthopedic doctors think it may be a nerve issue.
I now own my fashionable blue scooter, because the “rent to own” thing has happened. I’ll keep it as long as it is needed and then will find a new owner for it. There will always be someone that wants to ride instead of walk!
Emotionally there continue to be up and down moments or days ….. I am hoping to get the “clear” to start physical therapy and driving at the end of this coming week. My mom needs a break from all the “care giving,” so perhaps I will be able to return to my house also. Things will slow down for me at work starting in July, so I am looking forward to this as well. We are still planning to head to Chicago on Tuesday evening for a post-op appointment with the plastic surgeon on Wednesday. If all goes well, this may be our last appointment with him. We will return to St. Louis on Wednesday evening.
Hope you have a splendid Father’s Day weekend!
je
2 comments:
You brought up a good point! Kudos to mom (and dad, too, I'm sure) for all of their TLC throughout your ordeal. AND I'm glad to hear that the scooter you rented-to-own is bright blue and not boring gray or black. Maybe you can get some decals or some craft paint and paint daisies or pansies or dragonflies on it to spruce it up! You should also get one of those horns that sounds like "baah-hooooooo-gah" when you squeeze the bulb to hang from the handlebar so you can warn people that you're coming and about to run them down. Just a thought. Thinking of you today. Laura for the Jobacks
Thinking of you today...Dad's back in the hospital b/c his incision from the orthopedic procedure on his foot is INFECTED!!! Visions of Jenny were dancing in my head....skin grafts, hydrotherapy, ointments, collagen grafts and the like. He's bad enough that his internist thought IV abx was indicated. Maybe you can take your blue scooter and glide on over for a visit and a comiseration. Just kidding...know you're up to your limit w/ camp and keeping your foot up on your own. Keep him in your prayers as we are YOU...hmmm...kind of bad grammar...We're keeping you in our prayers,...you keep him in yours! There! Better! Hugs! Jobacks (again) I kind of feel like I'm stalking you when I leave more than one post on a blog day. (I'm not stalking you, just in case you were worried).
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