It’s been three weeks already!!!

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So, I know that I have been super bad about updating my blog, but in my defense not a whole lot was happening so I decided to save up a few things and tell you about them today, as today is OFFICIALLY 3 weeks since the surgery.  A lot of good things have been happening. So..

Sadly, after having my mom and aunt here for three weeks taking care of me they left yesterday for home.  They did an amazing job getting me back on my feet, and both felt proud and assured that I would be Ok as I was walking in my boot without crutches for a few days before they left.  They both miss me and Seattle very much, but  I have no doubt that they will be back for a visit very soon.

For the past two weeks I have been going to acupuncture and it had been helping a great deal both with the pain and with the swelling.  Peter is amazing, and he is slowly but surely helping to put me back together.  Things here are going fantastically.

As it is # weeks after surgery,  can finally get rid of the boot!!! YAY!!! Good bye and good riddance!!  I also had my first PT appointment today, and I can already tell that Henry is going to kick my butt!!  I have new exercises for my foot and I have been cleared to get back to the gym and start doing some light biking and also some upper body training again.  ICE, ICE, ICE is going to continue to be my best bud for the next months, because we still have a little swelling.  Ankle mobility and overall body strength and conditioning are going to be the name of the game for now.  I am very excited to get some activity going and I am really ready to get back to my career.

I went to PNB today to visit all of my friends, and it was so nice to see so many smiling faces.  I miss work and I miss my friends sooooo much. Everyone is dancing so well from what I could see from the windows.  It’s like a big Family and all the hugs and smiles and kisses made me feel very missed and loved.  It’s just what I needed to start the next phase of  my Rehab.  It  was very nice.

I miss dancing more than I could ever say, and I  am enjoying my time of reflection also.  Let’s put the work in, and let’s get back dancing!!!!!!!

I CAN WALK!!!!! It’s the darndest thing….

OK OK OK…..

So yesterday, I have to admit I was feeling a little down, because the days were passing nad the 3 week mark was steadily approaching.  It felt as though I was not going to be able to walk by then and I was discouraged.  Today I woke up and my foot was still sore, and I was like well I just have to roll with this.  Then,  I was out with Josh and we were walking around and without thinking I just sort of stepped in my surgery foot, and it didn’t hurt.  I was like OK this is strange…. So I took another step and another, and wouldn’t you know…. I was walking…albeit in my boot, but I was doing it!!!  I am so happy, and I am looking forward to Thursday when I can start weaning myself out of this boot. YAY!!!  This is huge, and I think it goes to show that  sometimes when you least  expect it, you get something that is close to a miracle!!  I hope that you all are having a wonderful weekend, and hopefully I will be seeing  some of you very soon.

Until Tomorrow…..

Ki

Slow and Steady…

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So there is not a whole to report.  The progress is still slow and steady.  I had acupuncture today which is really helping, and the swelling in my foot is going down day by day.  I just wish that my incision site would heal a little faster. I was supposed to be able to shower today, but there s still one small spot at my incision site that is still a little wet and bloody.  So, my mom and i have decided to wait a couple more days before we get it wet again. I am yearning for a shower.  I do feel like walking is getting slightly easier, but I think we still a little way to go before I can completely give up the crutches. I feel like my ankle needs to pop!  It feel jammed almost, and I am not sure if this is because there is still swelling in the ankle and I am trying to walk or something else.  I hope to be rid of the crutches sooner rather than later.  I really don’t have a lot else to report.  NO pain, keeping positive, and playing the waiting game.

Until tomorrow…

~Ki

Two steps forward and one step back….Unfortunately….

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So today was just an OK day.  I guess I should start by telling you that last night I had a suture scare.  At the end of the day yesterday, after my last icing, my mom and I decided that we should change the steri-strips that were covering my incision, because there was still a lot of dried blood, and to keep better track of the healing it would be nice if the area was a little cleaner.  As we were taking the strips off we were very pleased to see that the incision looked like it was healing very well. HOwever, when we got to the bottom of the incision and took off the strip we noticed that it was wet, bloody, and the skin was completely open.  In a fit of panic I begged to be taken to the ER, but after my mom calmed me and replaced the strip, we thought it best to wait and see the surgeon today.  Luckily, I was able to get in to see him because he was leaving tomorrow for a week.  So early this morning we went to the surgeon.  he came and took of the strips and saw what we saw last night.  With one glance, he looked up at me and said, ” You’re fine…no need for alarm.  he swabbed it with an antibacterial swab, and replaced  the strip he had removed and I was on my way.  Sadly, he did revoke my showering privileges  at least until friday, so it’s back to the one legged sponge baths….Yuck.!!!

On a more positive note, I would like to add that I had acupuncture today, and my foot is finally starting to look like a foot again….Yippy!!!  the swelling is way down and I can see the tendons and veins through my skin.  I no longer have a potato foot and I am sooooo glad about that. I am having no pain and I am still able to walk a little better each day.  So, Aside from the incision not healing as fast as I would like, everything else is going smoothly.  So luckily the scare was nothing too serious….. I will let you know when showers have been reinstated.  It’s nearly bed time….. as always

Until tomorrow….

Ki

“SHOWER” me with Joy, and the stay puff footsie!!!

Sorry guys–

I missed yesterday, and it was actually another milestone in my recovery.  Yesterday, I was able to take an actual shower for the first time in a week.  It was so much easier than the one foot sponge baths let me tell you that!  I also was able to “stand” long enough to bake cookies yesterday which is a very good thing.  I am feeling like I can put more and more weight on my foot and it really has only been a week and 4 days.  Although the swelling is going down I still I have a slight puffy foot and a chicken leg, which as you can imagine is a winning combination…LOL!  Over the next two weeks I am to try to wean myself off of the crutches, and once I get past the fear of trying to walk I think things will go very smoothly.  I am still icing and resting and also trying to get out of the house so that I don’t go stir crazy. My PT post op core strengthening  exercises are going well.  I am still in a good head space, and I feel like I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  I am going to PNB to get the flu shot today, and hopefully I will be able to see some of my friends.   Hopefully I will be able to take my mom and aunt around to see other parts of seattle now that I can get around a little better.  I am missing dancing terribly, but I just have to stay on this path and  I know that I will get better, and this will soon all be behind me.  I am learning lots of things about myself, and about the  kind of person and dancer that I want to be. Self-reflection is a very good thing.  So…..

Until tomorrow….

Ki

Mobile ME!!!!!!

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For some  reason I feel like I am a day behind on this, but I’ll try to fill you in….  So yesterday afternoon I actually drove my car  for the first time in over a week.  This is all part of my plan to get out of the house at least once everyday from now on.  So i drove my mom and aunt around Seattle for a little while, and I am sure that they were  glad to be able to get out of the house as much as I was.  The ankle is doing much better, and mom and I unwrapped  it yesterday, to re-wrap it.  There is one little section of the suture that still had a pin drop amount of blood.  I suspect that because I am trying to walk a little bit more everyday, and the sutures are rather tight that, it is just pulling on the skin.  I hope by Sunday that all will be healed.  I guess it doesn’t help either that I have to take Aspirin for ten days which thins your blood!  Today is the last day for that, thank goodness…  I am feeling good about my progress back to walking and I think that I am more scared than I should be about trying to put a little more weight on my foot each day.    R.I.C.E. has become my new best friend these days, and I still spend a great deal of the day, resting, icing, compressing, and elevating my foot.  I will be very glad when my crutches are gone for good!!!!  Tyler took me to dinner last night which was nice, and we had a really good time! I can’t say that there is a whole lot more for me to say at this point.  I am feeling better and thanks to all of you who continue to check on me and send me your positive thoughts.  As always….

Until Tomorrow….

Ki

The Goblin Ankle… pic included.

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First of all sorry I did not write yesterday, but  it’s very early today about 7:20am, and yes I am up!!  So yesterday was a very eventful day.  As I was getting ready to leave the house I had realized that not only had it been one week since the surgery, but it had also been one week since I had been out of the house.  It was so nice to feel the wind around me, and the warm sun on my skin.  Fall is my all time favorite season and I am so glad that I got the chance to spend sometime outside.  I rode around in my car with my mom and aunt, and we did a few errands, before heading to se the surgeon.  Yes, I said it errands were fun!!!  My appointment was at 3:30, and I was rather anxious to see how the ankle had progressed, as I had not seen the thing in a week.  When I got there the surgeon’s asst, took of my boot and then began to cut off the soft cast.  I wasn’t fully prepared to see what was under all the wrappings. What I saw was something that resembled a Goblin’s ankle!!  It was gross you guys, and I have included a picture so you can see for yourself.  It was also still bleeding a little a bit, but this did not seem to freak her out as much as it did me.  She was like, “ohhhh….look you’re a bleeder.”  I was like, “why?” LOL!!  Any way she cleaned the incision very carefully, as it was still a little wet and he didn’t want to get it anymore wet.  The good news is there is no infection, and the incision looks like it’s healing.  The bad news is because I was still bleeding I can’t take a shower or get it wet for a few more days, and I guess normally  people are able to shower after their first post-op visit.  Not to worry …. I have become a pro at sponge bathing on  one leg!!  So I figure, waiting a few  more days won’t kill me.  Then The surgeon came in, and looked rather pleased at what he  saw.  He touched the bottom of my foot to make sure I had feeling, I did, and then he made me wiggle my toes,I could, to check my motor skills.  He rewrapped and told me the same thing the assistant did about getting it wet.  I am to stay in boot for the next two weeks, and start PT  the week of the 26th.  I am going to start an acupuncture regime next week.  Over the next two weeks I am to try to progress to bearing full weight.  I cal sleep without a boot…..YESSSS!!!!!!  I am allowed to drive.  The goals over the next two weeks are still to get the swelling down, and the incision healing.  Very happy that I have a team in place ready to get me recovering.  My next appointment is on Nov 5, by which the doc thinks I should be walking in Both shoes!!!  Very exciting.

1WK 1day down……

Until tomorrow….

Ki

My Little leg!!!

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So I woke up this morning early’ish’, and I read some more of my novel!  It’s pretty sad, and of course I was crying just a little bit….but that’s beside the point.  I was looking at my  left leg, and I will tell you this, if you don’t use it you will lose it.  It’s so little, and it’s only been five days.  I refuse to let my leg atrophy, and so I am calling the PT tomorrow to get some more exercises for this problem.  I don’t want to have  one little leg.  The pain is starting to subside and that is good, still trying to bear weight lightly when I can, and not so much pain when my foot is not elevated so I am  staying positive!!  Still doing the PT exercises I was given before surgery, and that’s going well, and looking forward to seeing the surgeon tomorrow!  I’ll let you know what he says…. PS: tomorrow will be officially one week!!!!!!

Until tomorrow……

Ki

Let’s get Physical!!!

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Today was a good day, I actually started putting some light weight on my foot with crutches….YAY!!!  I also started doing some PT exercises for my core and hamstrings.  I am halfway through my book, and I did watch a lot of TV today guys……  It’s nice to be a little active again.  I am getting very very restless, and I cannot wait until I can out both feet back on the ground.  I will say also that I have become a pro at climbing stairs with crutches.  but all this crutching around is making my right glute very tight, and my left hamstring very tight.  So, I think this week we are off to a great start.  I am feeling like i am getting better. There is still a dull pain in the back of my foot where the surgery  was, but I guess it has only been five days….so I have a few more before I am painless, but I am looking forward to that.  Staying positive, and keeping my eye on the prize.   Don’t have much more to say than that.  so…..

Until tomorrow….

Ki

Not a lonely moment…

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Today I was up very early and I decided to get head start on my day by reading my book. I read for a long while, before getting up.  I then went downstairs and visited with my mom and aunt for a while before breakfast.  I am definitely getting a round a lot easier, and while I am not in pain at rest there is a slight throbbing sensation when I go from standing to sitting, but  it goes away within a few seconds.

My Mom and aunt went to the ballet today, and I am glad that they were able to see the company (PNB) perform Romeo et Julliette.  While they were doing that Mammy Tammy (josh’s mom) and I watched some food network and a had a few good laughs.  It  was very fun, and we both learned a few things we didn’t know about cooking while watching Down Home with the Neely’s.  After she left and went downtown, I got ready for my next guest of the day…TYTY!!!

Ty  came over and we looked at some things online and chatted, and then he introduced me to this new online game that was very fun. It definitely got my mind of  the fact that my foot  is in a big black boot.  He has been very sweet throughout this whole situation and has come to see me everyday since the surgery….What a guy:)

After a little while, I  was visited by Deborah, Joel, Rebecca, Marisa, Erin, and Carolyn…some of my fav people from the tri-cities.  They were over seeing the ballet and stopped by to say hi, and of course have a good time. We chatted and Laughed soooooo much, it was fantastic.  Debbie also brought me the new cheetah print fashion snuggie….which those of you who know me know that I love blankies and this is like the ultimate balnkie!!!!  I love it.  A good time was had by all.

Mom made dinner for me and Ty ,and  that’s about it.

Tomorrow is a big day, I am able to start some core exercises from my PT, and I am also allowed to try very light weight-bearing tomorrow….Wish me Luck!!! I am off to read, and rest some more. Actually, nice to be off the Meds and looking forward to getting all better.

“progress is progress”…..this is my new mantra:)

Until tomorrow……

xoxoxo

Ki