Splint OFF & Stitches OUT!

Tomorrow I will be 2 weeks post-op.

I had my appointment today.

The car ride to Wichita wasn't fun.

When my foot is down on the floor board or down in general, it starts to get painful and swollen.

We get to the doctor office, I'm nervous.

I've never had a plaster splint, or stitches removed.  I was worried about it hurting my incision(s).

The MA that removed my splint really nice!
It kinda hurt. Not much though.

Then, the doctor came to inspect my insisions. He low-talked/mumbled...

"Hello, Kim. How are you doing today?
*He bends over the exam table to look at my 3 separate incisions.

"Everything looks good
 and is healing nicely."

I told him about my intermittent pain. Especially at night, when it's really elevated.

He said, he will prescribe some pain meds, the same kind as before.

He literally was in the room for MAYBE 2 minutes!!


I'm going to advise my children to become surgeons.

Sure, it's a lot of schooling, long hours at first, and of course; a LOT of student loans.

However, it seems to me, once you're established/have you're own practice....
if you're only in the patients exam room for
2 mins. .....that's a heck of a lot of $$$$$.


After he left the room, he sent in yet another MA to take out my stitches.

Again, I was nervous.

Once she busted out the rubbing alcohol to wipe off all the excess cotton, that was stuck to my leg....

I mentally freaked out. PTSD.
I immediately thought of when I had to have my I.V. for my surgery.  Ugh. *Shudders*
I HATE NEEDLES!!

I told the med aid that I needed to lay back on the exam table, so I wouldn't pass out.

**Chris in the chair next to me, laughing.**

*He isn't laughing here. IDK what the heck he is doing. 🤷


Yeah, yeah..
I KNOW I'm a big baby when it comes to certain medical things.

I lay back, and she begins removing my stitches.
One incision at a time.

I'm SO HAPPY that it didn't hurt!!


*Not pictured....putting the Steri Strips on.*

Thankfully both MA's were different than the one than I have interacted with before
(that had an attitude.)

Me waiting for the MA to come back, to apply the cast. 

Had to decide which color to choose.

All wrapped up, read for the cast !

I chose Royal Blue. 🙂

Bonus picture.
My sausage toes.
"Tattoo" that the surgeon wrote on me pre--op that reads:
"YES
KH" - Dr's initials.

My hairy, itchy leg. Ingrown hairs. Fun 🙄


Cast is all done. Still NWB.

More time on my knee scooter.

Next doctor appointment:
4 weeks, to have the cast cut off.

If there are no complications & the bone has healed, I will be in a Cam Walking Boot.


Xoxox
Kim

I have 3 other videos, but they are too big to post on my blog.

I will post them on my FB page.