Today was not only an
eventful day, but an excellent day. My morning started with a pleasant
cloth bath and some much needed tooth brushing. Since I haven’t showered in about three days
this was so refreshing. In fact, I think I’ll do it again tomorrow J.
Getting out of the house
today was so awesome—even though it was for a doc appt. I rolled my chair to Arianna’s
car with a bit of trepidation as to what was going to come today. My stump had been
aching for three days, and I had been running a 101 temperature almost all
week. My worry was a possible infection.
We met A.J. Westford (my prosthesis
clinician) in the cast room at the doctor’s office. He asked me some questions
about my pain, how the cast was, and how I twisted it so bad. (I twisted my
cast to the left a few days ago after falling on it).
Dr. Pakzad (my surgeon) strolled
into the cast room and wasted no time cutting into my cast, up the right side—down
the left. He gently removed the dressings and nonstick pads from my wound. And
to my surprise, Dr. Pakzad said it looked extraordinarily clean and without infection.
We celebrated a little, and a colossal weight was lifted off my shoulders.
After they removed my plaster cast,
Andrew Westford brought in another hard cast. The new hard cast is absolutely, positively,
150 percently, BETTER! It is lighter, which makes it substantially easier to
move from chair to chair, couch to chair, and crutch anywhere, etcetera. I can
take it off at anytime meaning: I CAN ITCH WHENEVER I FEEL NECESSARY! It is all
around, from front to back, a better, top notch nub protector.
I have a long way to go but this marks
the start of physical therapy/everything. My knee won’t bend down. The muscles
and tendons are tight and must be stretched out. I worked on it for about a
half an hour today and it is already feeling better. I’m so ecstatic about the
months to come, the challenges I will face, the pain I will break through and
the successes I will seize. I didn’t even have to use my AK, Today was a good
day.
I am so proud of you son, as a mom, it breaks me sometimes to think of all you have had to endure since a child, but the promises that God has made to you, and to me it's what gets me through and brings me peace. I am so proud of you, and I am so thrilled to be a part of what God is and will be doing for you and through you. Never forget that no matter what your circumstances are, or what you face, because you will be facing some tough things coming, that God never changes, He loves you, He is always good, and nothing but good comes from HIM!!!!! You are loved so much, my prayer is that you see God through all of this and praise Him in your times of good and bad. The Lord has given you such a wonderful heart, and a strong will to get things accomplished, I have no doubt you will conquer anything that comes your way because of Christ who lives inside of you!!!!!
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