The first week of physical therapy was grand! I was able to do more than we ever had before and on Friday was able to walk on the treadmill for five minutes. It was quite the morning excitement in the office!
On Saturday, I went to the health club with my mom and we did aqua exercise for 45 minutes. I could do so much more in the pool water and had walked two miles during the day, prior to heading to the pool. We've been working a lot on my ability to stand on the operative foot (alone) and I could do this so much longer in the water. Hopefully this will translate to "land" at some point. Today I used the treadmill for 12 minutes and walked 2 1/2 miles throughout the day (or 5,235 steps) around the house. Pretty exciting! The swelling on the foot has been better this weekend and I haven't even had the compression sock on all that I should. I had an allergic reaction to the anti-inflammatory medication on Saturday morning and ended up sending the morning at urgent care. All is fine now and the "itching" on my legs has subsided - don't know why it took a month of taking the medicine to surface, but it did. Needless to say, I didn't fill in all the "past surgeries" section on the registration paperwork at the urgent care place ... we'd have been there all morning.
I wore two matching shoes to church on Sunday morning and it was fun to see friends that had not yet seen the foot. Still thinking about ways that God has worked in the past two months and how we can use the situation to help others in the future. Every time I see someone else on crutches or in a walking boot, it will never be the same.
Hope you had a delightful holiday weekend!
je
1 comment:
Oh, heavens! Itching from medication reaction! Yuk! You poor dear. But lookin' good in your matching shoes, I'd bed! I LAUGHED when I read the part about not filling in the "past surgeries" section on your urgent care paperwork. You card! Speaking of cards, Isaac and I looked for another "shoe" card for you at WallyWorld today (i.e.: WalMart), but I'd done bought all of the shoe cards they carry up, girl! Sans a shoe card! Ah, well! Wonder if you'll ever be able to post a blog w/o me commenting. Such is life, huh? Thinking of you! OOOOOOh, and, by the way: LOVED your newsletter and sandals picture--it's made it to the fridge. Will draw a lot of attention, I'm sure: family, friends, new babies, baby announcements, a calendar w/ the boys on it, and FEET! Who'd-a-thunk-it? Love ya! Laura
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