Seeing my new foot!!!

       Alright, was the day when we went into the doctor's office and they took off my old cast, my stiches and then put on a new cast. I really like going to the doctor's office because of our favorite nurse, Rachel. She is super nice and always makes us laugh. While Rachel was taking off my cast, I found it hard to look at my foot.  the bandage around it was covered in dry blood. When everything was off, my foot felt a little achy and very tingly. When the stiches were being taken out, it didn't  hurt much, really only the ones with a bunch of dried blood around them hurt at all. This time my new cast was purple!!! I am very excited to see what my foot looks like in another 2 weeks!!!!

Here are some pics my mom took at the doctor's office:


 WARNING THESE PICTURES ARE VEEEEERY GROSS!!!!!!



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The First Week

 
 
 

Sorry I haven't  posted in awhile, I've been a little busy with surgery and everything!! Here was my experience of the surgery so far:

THURSDAY---------------------------------------------
Going into the surgery, I was veeeerrryyyy nervous! This is because of the IV, anesthesia and of course the actual surgery!!! Basically,  I went into the hospital, got prepped up and waited about 2 hours until I was rolled into the o.r. All I remember is wheeling into a big room with bright lights, seeing the surgeon- and then nothing!!! When I woke up, I found out that I was sensitive to the anesthesia they gave me and slept for another 2 hours after the surgery was over!!! After that I was  SOOO tired and I just wanted to go home. When we were finally home I figured I should try to take some of that pain medication the doctor gave me. I took one taste of it, spit it up in the sink and decided my foot didn't hurt that bad yet. That night I went to bed slightly sore.

FRIDAY<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

This morning I woke up--- not so happy ( on a scale of 1-10, it was a 5) So instead of the "yummy" medicine, I took Tylenol. During the day, my pinky toe hurt the most. My other toes had swollen so much that they pushed my poor pinky into the edge of the cast. We had to go back to the doctor to have them cut that part of the cast out, at least that's what we thought they would do. But, instead they cut it on both sides to give it room to swell and also for the pinky to breathe. That night it was unbearable. I woke my mom up crying in agony. ( again on a scale from 1-10, it was a 8 1/2) she asked me if it was the pain or something else and I said the pain. I also asked her, "What did I do to my poor foot???" she then insisted I take the pain meds. I did it without hesitation.

SATURDAY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Today was nothing spectacular, though I was relived to wake with only a 6 on the pain scale. Basically, all day I slept on the couch.

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Today was really the day when cabin fever started kicking in!! I was feeling better so I wanted to go out and do something. So when my mom said she had to go hopping at Meijer I jumped at the chance and decided to go for my first "big adventure"!!! ( there of course I used wheelchair)


REST OF THE WEEK;);););););););););););););););););););););););););););););)

From here on out, I felt great. Monday was my last day taking the "yummy" medicine and my "adventures" got bigger and bigger everyday. Even on Wednesday, we went to see a movie and we went out to dinner!! So now, my hopes are up and I just cant wait to walk normally again, but I know I still have a long way to go!!!!



Here are some more pics:

This is my foot RIGHT after surgery.

This is my foot the night before my surgery.

This was kind of a joke between my mom and I- it says "Fall Risk"

 

Okay, so it's Tuesday night and Thursday is my surgery. The reason I'm writing this blog is because when my doctor first mentioned surgery as an option for the pain in my foot I was freaked out. As soon as we got home my mom and I instantly checked online for a website, blog, or article of a young girl that was getting a Lapidus Bunionectomy and to see if it would even be worth my time. We found nothing. But we did find a couple sites that gave some more background info on it that only made a lot scarier!! Anyways, right now, I am in a huge amount of pain. My bunion is so bad I can't even walk normally so I've been on crutches for the last month. :( 

 

May 6, 2013 - I went to see Dr. D for the first time. He mentioned surgery then, but didn't exactly recommend it quite yet. So he gave me cortisone shot and called it a day.

 

May 22, 2013 - This time, I needed the surgery. Only a week later my shot had completely worn off (but I don't   think my skating exactly helped either)  We then scheduled it for June 27, 2013...THAT'S A WHOLE MONTH AWAY!!!!!!!!

 I didn't know how I was going to last over an entire month!!! But somehow, I managed to survive. I really hope that this will be the blog that I wished I'd found when I was trying to make up my mind. I promise to keep you posted on my surgery and recovery. ENJOY!! :)

                                       

                                    KEEP CALM & CARRY ON

                                             ~Lily <3