Stitchless

My stitches are out! Thank God. It was not a comfortable process but I am relieved that it's over with. I am also in a hard cast. I head back to Boston in February. The cast will be removed at that time and I will be put in a walking boot. I am definitely looking forward to the walking boot...more freedom! Although I obviously would much rather have no cast.

My knee and ankle have been hurting more over the last couple of days--no doubt because of the rain. Rain with screws and fractures usually means pain. I just hope the weather behaves. I would much rather it snow than rain. Tylenol seems to help in the meantime. I finished taking Aspirin yesterday. I am glad that I don't have to take it anymore. I only take Tylenol as needed which thankfully isn't very often.

I start the Spring semester next week. I am by no means ready. When I stand up my ankle immediately begins to swell and my foot turns blue. I have no idea how I am going to manage the swelling when I will be up and crutching around more. I also don't know how sitting in class is going to be. My leg is locked in extension and in a full class there is no guarantee there will be an extra chair or desk for me to lift my leg. To be blunt, this is really going to suck. Last semester was hard enough and I could walk. Now I can't walk and I have a post-op knee brace and ankle cast on the same leg. I haven't even started PT yet, which will obviously be painful. To say this is going to be difficult is an understatement. I am waiting to hear back from the Registrar's office but I am hoping to substitute a campus class with an online class. Online classes are not offered to day students at SJU but we are checking to see if because of my physical disability they would make an exception. That would definitely help make this at least a little more reasonable.

The Bruins beat the Canadiens tonight! 2 more points.

Oh and if anyone was wondering where the snow is...it's in Alaska! They were hit with 18ft. They stole the snow.