Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Walking After Three Months

Brooke and I went to the doctor's office today. The wound is shrinking every day. The picture above was taken Monday night. This afternoon, it was even smaller. This is my last week on the wound vacuum. I go back in next week to have a skin graft.

I asked The Closer what he thought about the fibula fracture gap that hasn't healed since the injury. He said it isn't time to worry yet. He expects it to heal, and if it doesn't, we'll have another operation to fill the gap with bone graft.

We received news today that I can now bear all of my weight on my ankle -- as pain tolerates. So as soon as we got home, I decided to start walking without crutches.



Three months almost to the day. I'm finally walking.

It's about time.

6 comments:

  1. AWESOME!!!!!! I'm very happy to see you ON YOUR FEET. The stupid wound looks a lot better too. Love you guys. Dad

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  2. I am so sappy...I almost cried!! I praise the Lord for your healing!! I know you will only get better and better!! On the other hand, you look very skinny and your apartment hallway reminds me of the Shining. Redrum, redrum. Love you!! Josh waved hello to you as we watched the video.lol

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  3. It's so good to see you walking!!!!!!!!!!!! I know this has been a long time coming....Your doing a great job!!! I'm really proud of you and of course your great nurse...Love,MA

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  4. Yay Tony! I'm so happy for you. Hope you continue to heal and gain mobility!

    And I loved the "Don't Hate" shirt you were wearing in the video. :)

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  5. Tony, congrats dude, you'll be walking Spunky (and picking up her dookie) in no time!

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