The Foot

I got a copy of the xray, but it doesn't open on my computer. I guess I need some radiology software or something. So, I found one google that is kind of similar. Mine is a little bit more distal. It looked like this initially, with some slight medial displacement. When I came back to re-xray, it had moved about a centimeter, and was displaced both dorsally and medially. The doc said it would really affect the mechanics of my walking and I would likely get a lot of pain if I let it heal like that. I was really disappointed when he told me I really should fix it because it means I have to start over. No weight bearing for two weeks at least. I was having minimal pain, and had been trying to walk normally, but I did have a funny inverted gait that . . . I guess I didn't want to have forever. And its easier to fix it now rather than later. So, on Thursday, I had surgery and they put two pins in.

Here's Danielle and I after the surgery, pretending to be a couple. We were joking that the doctore probably thought we were together since she came to all of my appointments with me and asked lots of questions, showing more interest in my foot than your average friend.

So, we went on Banjo Billy's Bus tour the day after my surgery (see next entry). I had forgotten to take antiinflam- matories before I left, had accidently stepped on it once while drinking, and had had it down most of the night. When I got home, it was swollen, painful and my toes were purple. So, I cut off the splint, figuring that I could just put sterile gauze on it and keep it clean. However, it looked like this, with these funny plastic pins in the top two incisions and gauze sticking straight out of the incicion. I am a little bit terrified that it will get infected. But, I am watching it carefully and so far so good. I will drink less jello shots so I can better combat impending infection.