Slowly continuing to improve ....

More things I can do today ….
- Put on a shirt or top by myself.
- Curl, wash, and blow dry hair.
- Open a prescription bottle lid.
- Plug the cell phone charger into the cell phone.
- Wrote out thank-you notes.
- Hold a squirmy baby.
- Tied a drawstring tie on shorts.
- Zipped up jeans.

The San Antonio hospital called to check on me this morning. There wasn’t a lot to tell them, but they said that things hadn’t been the same since we left. It is 98 degrees and humid there … glad we left when we did. They were happy to hear that I’m not experiencing any pain and that there wasn’t significant swelling with the flight. I’m not napping during the day, but still feel like I need to head to bed on the early side most nights. The crutches require more stamina than you might imagine. I started using some cream on the arm incision to help make the scar less noticeable … although I still think that it looks really good as it is now. I know the appearance will get better with time but I could live with it just the way it is, if necessary. Almost all the arm stitches are under the skin (baseball stitch). There are four “loops” of stitching material on top of the skin on the arm incision. The loops are cut and pulled out on June 2nd, when it should be fully healed. Keep praying that the toe surgery worked from April 22nd - won't really know until I walk on it in two weeks.

We kept the rented wheelchair through the weekend, as we had some out-of-town guests, so this allowed us to go out twice together. May make a “Wal-Mart” trip tomorrow, before taking the wheelchair back on Tuesday. I don’t think we will use it much next week.

Not sure what we’ll transition to after the cast, but something that doesn’t touch the new skin area too much. There is something called “sheering,” where the skin sheers or peels off the rest of the foot – don’t want that after all we’ve been through. Not sure how this happens if it is supposedly all healed, but hopefully it won’t be a concern. A little cast itchiness today, but nothing that Benadryl hasn’t been able to cure. No physical therapy will happen until July.

Happy Holiday Weekend!
Jenny