We had Chinese for dinner last night and then went to my house to spend the night. Sleeping in my own bed was a real treat and felt terrific! We went out for breakfast this morning and I watched mom plant flowers at my house this afternoon. It was good to see neighbors and have a change of scenery.
Keep praying that we were successful with the April 22nd surgery to increase toe flexibility. I'm not feeling good about having enough movement to be able to wear a shoe, which will be a huge problem if I am right. This is as big of an issue as getting the skin flap to "take" & it has kinda gotten lost in the shuffle, with our focus being on the skin/artery transfer. I asked my surgeon on Friday, if I should be able to tell right away as to the success of the toe surgery and he said, "yes" - it is a case where if it worked, you should be able to tell right away (i.e. like soon or now). Not giving up by any means, but my cause for concern is growing higher. Getting the skin to close/heal is only half the battle. I am pretty fearful that going another month with no exercise (which can't be changed) will not help the situation any. My concern about the toes being too floppy is not a worry. My gut feeling is that we are going to still be at a place where we have possibly not achieved enough motion to be mobile, walk normally, wear a shoe, etc. Hopefully I am wrong and things can always change, but I've done this long enough to know what "should" be taking place.
Keeping the faith .... hoping you are enjoying the sunshine!
je
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Dear Jenny, Thinking of you and hoping your feelings are wrong. Hang in there and by the grace of God everything will go as planned. Praying for you and thinking of you daily. Love Ted, Carol and Teddy
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