Ankle Saga Continues...

So, in medical terms I had an oblique distal fibula fracture and comminuted posterior distal tibia fracture. This required a surgical grade stainless steel plate and screws on my fibula. And for those of you who were wondering (probably no one other than Brian) yes, they do have to pre-drill before they put the screws in.

Dr. S was out of the office the week I was supposed to go in and have the surgical splint removed so I didn’t get in until December 20^th. I can tell you I was going crazy in the splint!  I even tried to bribe my friend who is a surgical nurse to take it off.  My appointment went well and because I said I would be a compliant patient J they gave me a boot to wear and didn’t cast my leg. It felt wonderful to just have the splint off and now I was going to get a boot! Wow, that felt like an early Christmas present. They noticed that my body obviously didn’t like the pressure from the splint and had a lot of bruising and sores. This was one of the reasons for the boot also.  Cute huh? 

Next stop was to get a knee walker. Huh? Yes, they have a device that you rest your knee on and can push yourself around. Here’s a picture of mine:

My wonderful Nova Knee Walker

Brian wanted me to get an iWalkFree, but I thought the knee walker would work just fine.  Of course, it wasn't nearly as cool.

The Christian education director of our church had bunion surgery at the end of December and she got a knee walker too!  Of course we had to get a picture.



Brian said she has the luxury cruiser and I have the sporty convertible.

More later...