clumsy

My new fashion statement: clumsy.

I fell last Friday while at a construction site.  The snowy ground gave way, my foot went one way while my body went another.  Pain and popping blinded my vision, but I managed not to cry until I made it back to the car.  Of course after that I was a mess until my body adjusted to the pain.  Our bodies are amazing that way.  

I am even more black, blue, and purple today, these photos are from Wednesday when I thought I was at the peak of bruising.  I was wrong. Imagine this x 10.  The color just keeps coming, adding some green today.

I was able to see my orthopedic ankle guy (not to be confused with the my knee guy because every woman should have multiple specialist) on Monday morning due to a cancellation.  I made a mess of my ankle, again.  Ten torn ligaments and a small part of my bone broke off.  It was too early to tell if anything will need to be reattached as the swelling was so severe it was difficult to assess.  I go back in a couple of weeks to reevaluate and decide where to proceed.

An interesting discovery was additional bone fragments in my left ankle joint from some injury that occured after the plate surgery to this point.  He also found that my right ankle had the same bone broken off on that side. An injury from about 6 months ago that I treated myself as I have all the necessary braces and boots.  Not sure what he will decide needs to happen there.  

The children are taking good care of both John and I, but life as a parent doesn't really stop.  Thankfully I can still walk with the boot for small amounts of time so I am not a complete loss.  On a positive note if it was ever necessary to identify my body the plate and screws could help the crime scene investigators.  Or I am in the beginning stages of becoming a cyborg.  Too much TV this past week, however I did enjoy the book "Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer"  about a cyborg Cinderella.  It was surprisingly fun.

I am very slow and behind on answering emails and quite frankly most everything else in my life. Please be patient with me. I am going to be a little slow for a little bit.

Comments

[Maria]

Sorry to hear about both of your ankles. I'm glad that you loved Cinder. I'm in the middle of Scarlet (book 2) and loving it!

[Karolyn]

I am so so sorry about your injuries! I hope you have a speedy recovery and that you are back on your feet again soon.

[Andrea Graves]

Oh no! I'm so sorry! I've had a similar injury and it's amazing how painful feet injuries are. Yours looks worse than mind was - I'm so sorry. Hang in there sweet friend.

[JRoberts]

Oh no! What a poopy thing to happen. It is doubly hard when you are a busy Mom. Get better quickly and I hope it all heals well for you.

(I also really enjoyed Cinder. It was a fun little read. There are a few others along the same type of vein if you want...I could pass on some titles for you)

[Eni]

Outschi! so sorry to read about this. Get well soon!

[Bonita]

I am so, so sorry for you! There are few things in life as painful as a foot injury.