Getting My Cast

My casting appointment was on Abby's Birthday. Although I was really ready to get my cast instead of the splint, I didn't think it was going to hurt that bad and make poor Abby's birthday so hard for me to enjoy. After dropping Abby off at preschool, Robb and I headed to the Orthopedic office. I was by far the youngest person in there by about 20 years.

They took the splint off and it was pretty shocking to see my leg! It was all sorts of colors from bruising and the scrub they used during surgery. I was also surprised that I had an incision on both sides of my ankle. On the left side I had about 8 staples and on the right side 20 some staples. The first couple staples they took out weren't too bad but after 28 it was terrible. It hurt more and more as they pulled them out. The physician assistant said everything looked okay and the plan was a cast for 4 weeks and then possibly a walking boot.

 

This picture was before the staple removal! I wasn't smiling after that!

 

Getting the cast wasn't painful except my leg was down for a long time and started to swell. By the time we got home and I put my leg up I was hurting! So much for having a good 2d trip out of the house.