Thanks for all the e-mails, comments, calls, etc. this week .... they have all been great! I am hanging in there and am doing okay. Yesterday and today were pretty long days at work and there ended up being more pain than I anticipated. The pain does improve a little each day, which is a positive. I will be ready for the weekend & time to rest more.
The incision is longer than we/I had planned, but I think there was more to "clean out" than we originally thought. I peeked at the incision tonight and it is about 6-7," but the good news is that it looks awesome! The healing process has started, all is closed, no gaps in the skin, no holes or anything that resembled the possibility of opening. It is a very thin incision line and the stitching runs under the skin in one single, long stitch (looks like fishing line). The skin was nice and pink and looked better than before.
I've been able to sleep very well the past two nights, which is a huge blessing. Sleep does a lot to aid in healing. Very thankful for no cast or crutches this time. The bulky bandage is nothing, compared to what I've had in the past. We should get the path report back sometime around the first week in November - pray for a definate diagnosis & something that is treatable. Need to get back to elevating the foot ..... don't want blue toes!
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2 comments:
A) Just FYI ... if you blog something, you DO let everybody IN on your "secret" that you peeked at your incision ... and NOW, everybody DOES know (you joked that nobody would know in your e-mail to me ... and that's blown right out of the water) ... not that I blame you ... I couldn't have waited until Wednesday post-surgically to peek. I probably would have been peeling back those bandages like 32 minutes post recovery, don't-cha-know.
B) I don't want you to have blue toes or blue feet either. It would probably clash w/ you perfectly pedicured toes, and THAT would be a catastrophe!
Thinking of you tonight and hoping that your incision is progressing nicely in its healing, that your pain is lessening in intensity, that your battery on your scooter doesn't run out, and that your oh-so-fashionable blue boot and humon-go bandage don't get moist in all of this downpour. I thought I saw Noah floating by earlier, but then I remembered the promise in Genesis that God would never again flood the earth like he did ... so I guess it must have been a mirage, a protein deposit floating in my anterior chamber, or my imagination. C ya! L Jo
Hey, girl! It's Saturday afternoon, Jr. Sr. is off to Lowe's w/ Daddy and Jr. Jr. is napping. I have like T-minus-ten-minutes-and-counting to have to MYSELF, so I'm checking e-mails and your posts. Praying for you today. Keep that foot warm, toasty, and non-sopped w/ the soggy lawns around here! L Jo
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