8/22-23 - DAY 4 - Feeling upside down

Fri 8/23/13 <<DAY 4>>
The days seem to be running all together. I'm writing feeling groggy & not very good at all. Once again I , we, didn't sleep through the night due to pain & having to get up to use the rest room. I know I skipped day 3 but it was not a good day for me. Everything seemed fine until Brian carried me downstairs. I wanted to hang out down here a bit before going to the Dr's (besides, I was sick of being in the room). Almost instantly I felt sick, dizzy, like I was going to vomit. I think my blood pressure went down & it was down hill from there. Well, I did end up getting sick here in the living but thanks to my husband's quickness he handed me a bag. I also did again when we got home from the Dr's office. By Friday I had an appetite back & doing better but not 100%. My toe kept twitching & it was FREAKING ME OUT!
(Thur 8/22) Dr. Lee had said I'd see my foot for the first time (on my Thur 8/22 appointment)  but he saw me looking so sick that I think he just wanted to get me out of there as quick as possible (I think he just didn't want me vomiting all over his office). So he didn't take out the dressing around my foot & I didn't get to see it. :(  Just a little peek because he opened it up around the toes area to insert the pad that receives the cold water (from the VascuTherm). He said that way I'd get the cold more directly onto my operated area for the swelling. While doing this he was telling us that it took him a little longer to finish the surgery because he debated whether to give it a tiny more length. He said he brought the x-ray machine into the OR 3 times. His debate was that if he left it a little longer, I'd have little to no movement after everything was healed because of the tendons & my age (yea, I think he called me "old" too). He also said that had he left it with a bit more length, 6 months later I would've had to have gone back in for another surgery to release the tendons. Right away I told him he made the right choice because I definitely would not have wanted to go in for another surgery!! 
This evening Brian made me a couple little (cute) cheese & ham sandwiches & I seemed to keep them down. By then I was back up in bed...where I was safe..lol! Even on my worst day, this is still so worth it! The cold compressions feel good!