Wiggling and Walking ....

There is not much new to report this week … still just moving the toes (they move a little easier this week), exercising the foot and wearing the tennis shoe. My mom has been coming to my house almost nightly to manually move the toes.

I did write the Chicago orthopod and asked her if it was even possible for me to ever have the “toe off” motion return, given that the big toe has been fused in a permanent position. She wrote back and said that it was possible …. my motion would occur in the 2nd and 3rd toe joints and that this would be easier to start to see improvement with wearing a shoe. I fully agree & see this happening easier in the shoe. This motion is easier for me in the water, too. Can’t wait to show the Chicago orthopod how much better it looks on August 24th!

I’ll be away for a long weekend this weekend … have had a “Vegas” weekend planned with my mom since Mother’s Day. I won’t be able to walk a lot, as the foot still gets fatigued rather easily ... I am probably ahead of myself in going, but we've had this planned for the longest time. It will be nice to soak the foot in the pool with tropical greenery nearby; no gambling, but will be fun to get away for a bit. Pray for safe travel, a relaxing few days and that the healing will progress. The pain is improving with the shoe, but I'd love to have three days and not have to worry about pain. I am grateful for not attempting to travel in a flip-flop.

Each day the muscles in the foot get stretched a little more, with walking. I am blessed and am still rejoicing that we have made such a HUGE step in progress in the past two weeks.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” II Cor. 12:9