Friday the 20th, we got up early, packed ourselves into the car, and made our way toward Chicago to see the doctor's PA to have my stitches removed and get x-rays to see how I am healing. The ride was a long one and it appeared to be icy still out. We made it to the doctor's office in good time, being about a half hour early, and was fortunate that the PA was ready to see me right away.
She showed me my old vs. my new x-rays and told me a little about what they did to my ankle. I was amazed at how much she showed me in the x-rays. They took out all kinds of bone spurs and scar tissue that had formed over the past 12 years. My ankle now (even swollen) is skinnier than it was before surgery.
The stitches coming out didn't hurt a bit, I didn't even feel most of them. She cleaned up my incision a bit and gave me a new mesh sleeve to cover it vs the gauze. She instructed me to go downstairs to their PT department and get some tubigrip socks and schedule an appointment to see them after my six week post op visit with Dr Haddad. Before leaving she handed me an order for a CT scan to have done right before seeing Dr Haddad, and thankfully she gave me more refills of my pain meds.
The ride home was terrible. I was thrilled that my appointment had gone so well and was quite excited. But Donavan was not used to driving in Chicago traffic and was tired from all the driving so far, so he was being quite crabby, making the ride home tense and unpleasant without any positive conversation.
Next up was all the Christmas festivities. All of my Christmas shopping had been done prior to surgery an all I had left to do was finish crocheting a couple blankets and take out all the baked goodies for my Christmas goody bags to all our family. We spent Christmas Eve at my parents house and it was so nice to be surrounded by my own family and all of their love and support for what I was going through. On Christmas day we went to Donavan's sister's house and she had a really yummy meal with all kinds of food for us. The holidays were a great boost for my spirit with all of this so far.
My ankle pain was gradually decreasing, but the electric shocks were becoming extremely annoying. There is just no escaping them.
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