Danielle, Suzanne & Jeanelle are doing their best to keep Kathy laughing.
That's not easy to do when that old familiar foe "PAIN" won't get the hint and give us all a break! Sheesh! Enough with the bully boy tactics already!
The nerve block in her right leg is supposed to be keeping her ankle pain tolerable until tomorrow, but doesn't meet expectations.
Right ankle update; grafted tendons on the inside of the ankle. Slight infection prevented the outside tendon work at this time. This means a follow up surgery will be necessary down the road.
The surgeon explained that it means Kathy will have a weakness to rolling her ankle to the inside.
Then he added something none of us knew - Her left ankle also has damage to the outside ligaments!?!
Now she can't roll either ankle without serious damage potential!! How hard will it be to learn how to walk again, with unstable tendons in both feet, a bum left knee and a left foot you can barely move or feel except for the tingling burning acid sensation?!?
It's a bigger chore to maneuver Kathy into position for stuff (wheelchair, potty...), now that she can't put weight/stress on her right ankle or left knee to help shift her body around.
We looked through the pictures taken step by step through this ordeal. It felt wrong to take the first few at the scene after the EMT's arrived, but I'm glad we did. Kathy didn't remember all of it, so it is interesting to see her reaction at some of the pics. I hope to download a chronology of "accident to recovery" so all her friends can see how far she has come!
Well, it's been fun. I would rather be here on Kathy's worst day than anywhere else without her. It's getting late though. I'm heading back. Falling behind too much on work. I can't wait to bring her home. Hopefully this week! Better get the house ready. Brought new shirts and shorts. Kathy says, "At least we don't have to worry about shoes!"
It would be alot harder to leave tonight if Kathy didn't have such a great bunch of friends here with her.
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