I'm so bored but feel very blessed because I am being well taken care of. (stupid underline thingy that I can't get rid of..._) Most days I just lay around, switching from my bed to the couch then back to the bed. I've had hardly any pain, which is awesome, but my back gets very achy from laying in one position for so long. Because I have to have my foot elevated above my heart, it's very awkward. Hopefully my doc won't make me be this way for the weeks and weeks she originally told me so I'm trying to be really good this first week and hope you all will pray for a miracle for me.
Here are some before pictures and later today or tomorrow I'll post my after pics, of my foot all bandaged up.
It's my left foot, obviously, and that bump sticking out on the side of my foot, at the base of my big toe, is going to have a reduction. The hope is to go from about a C-cup to an A. According to the doctor, the surgery was successful and my foot should be very flat chested now.
For those of you who don't know, I've already had this surgery on my right foot when I was 21, but it was a lot more invasive. They had to shave off the bone, just like my left foot, but they also took a triangular chunk of bone out of the top joint on my big toe, put in a wire loop to close it together and then did some more breakage further down in my foot to straighten my big toe and then put a screw in my foot. Needless to say, that was a long recovery, about four months. And I now sport a lovely two-inch scar. You can kind of see it in the picture below. See how nice and straight my toe is? mmm, lovely. Now my feet will finally match. (yeah, I had a cute pedicure on both feet but the picky doctor made me take all my polish off,..something about being hygienic or something. whatever.)
Below is a picture of Camden with his best bud, Chase, after their school music program. Chase is so much bigger than Camden but they're only a few months apart!! Crazy how big they are at 6 years old.
You must check out the previous post for Camden's video of the program. He cracks me up, how focused he is.
4 comments:
Umm, how is it that I've missed all these new blog posts? And why did Nate not say one word about you getting surgery?!?! I wish there was something I could do for you, but it sounds like you are being well cared for. Also, I can't believe there is someone Camden's age who is taller than him!
Poor Emily! Your pedicure looks great! A c-cup to and A-cup eh, your doc is hilarious! I hope you dont' get too bored during your recovery! Feel better soon!
Loved the video of Camden! YEah! i have never seen him so focused either! Cute! I bet EThan would love to do something like that in school!
Erik wants to know if Nate severed his ACL playing basketball? And how does it feel to blow out your ACL? Because that just happened to my brother-in-law and now Erik is afraid to play basketball. Are they getting too old for this? Cause he still skis and crashes on the regular basis.
HEY! I remember when you had the last surgery! I lived right below you! You were a real trooper too. I remember you walking around with that big black brace on for the longest time.
I think I may have even had you babysit Noah during that time... (if so...sorry!)
Hope you recover quickly and don't have to do as many painful stretching exercises as you did on the other foot when you were recovering from that one.
I remember the screams at night! (Just kidding)
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