Dec 5 2009

So with the huge holes that I have in my ankle there was talk of doing skin grafts and all that but the wound specialist came in and has decided to use a wound vacc on my ankle. The idea and purpose is they pack the wound with a sponge and then put a plastic…

I had my second surgery yesterday which was an I.N.D. to remove the infection from my ankle. Let me tell you I DID NOT expect what I saw today and the amount they had to remove. They have gone all the way down to the bone in fact when the nurse was in to re…

So I have not been feeling well and there is a new and different pain in my ankle and I called the doctors office and told them I need to come in and have them take the cast off to look at my ankle, things just don’t seem right and their little window system is…

Well you can not see it in the pictures but there are pieces cut out under the ace bandage that we are suppose to take off once a week and check what the incisions look like….

The incisions are not looking to good to me 🙁 but they say we will watch them, as they will be putting a cast with “windows” …. sooo we will see…. they do not want to start antibiotics it is a watch a wait kinda situation…..

 The top picture is my stomach where the seat belt got me. The bottom pic is my arm, I assume it hit the stick shift or something 

So I arrive at the hospital and they check me out, get x-rays, fill me full of pain meds, etc. Then we get x-ray results back and find that my ankle is dislocated, my Talus is shattered, and my 5th metatarsal is broken. Greeeeeat~!!!! So the next plan of action is for them to sedate…

Ohhhh what a weekend… It’s amazing how in the blink of an eye your life can come literally to a screeching halt and be turned upside down. I was driving home from a family baby shower it was around 9:45pm and I was about a mile from home when all of a sudden I see…