11/13 -12weeks - The CAST OFF day!!

11/13 <<12 weeks>>

As I mentioned, had to have my son took me to this appointment. By the way, it was only the second time ever I had him drive me anywhere. That with in of itself was emotional to me because I had to come to terms that my baby is all grown up. (what can I say, he's my youngest!)
Back to the best appointment ever...as usual, Evelyn took some x-rays after taking the cast off. She couldn't tear that thing off quick enough! The toe looked awesome, the skin on my foot not so much. days prior there was a lot of flaky dead skin falling out of my cast..gross. There was a lot of that dry flaky yellowish dead skin left on my foot. Not to mention, hair I didn't even know I had on my foot was horrendous. Basically, Doc said it was not 100% healed but I was done with the cast  & he would give me a walking boot. Inside my head I was doing the happy, ecstatic dance. I'm supposed to wear the boot through out the day but can take it off (& I do) while I'm siting or laying down. I am only to put a little weight on the heel  &I have to do the physical therapy myself at home. He emailed me the info because he couldn't find it on his computer at the time of my appointment. He also gave me a special shoe to drive in.  I CAN DRIVE AGAIN!!!....AAHHHH!!!!!! This was definitely a bitter sweet day for me. While I'm so happy here my husband was at his grandmother's funeral :'(

TAKE IT OFF! TAKE IT OFF!

 Yay! Almost there!

 Oh hello beautiful toe!! I have to admit, I got tears in my eyes when I finally saw it & knew the cast would be off forever.

 I cannot WAIT to clean & shave my foot/leg!!

 That's the flaky skin I was talking about. Thank goodness there wasn't any bad odors accompanying that dead skin.

 Not quite there yet...I'm hoping by my next appointment in December it will be.

 Ta da! The boot. It's warm  & comfy & it COMES OFF! I was at home for a few hours before I realized "I CAN TAKE THE BOOT OFF"! It felt so amazing to have the sun & air hit the skin once again. Everything I read said to wait at least 3 days before shaving because the skin is so sensitive. So, as hard as it was, I did.

I'll write some more tomorrow & put some pics of what it looks like today & talk more about the physical thrapy...that has me in tears.