Week 2(ish)

Technically it's been a bit over two weeks since my break, but just under two weeks since the surgery. I had my follow-up appointment today and got the cast off. So now I'm in a boot again, but since I broke the fourth metatarsal as well as the fifth, they decided to have me go two more weeks without putting weight on my foot. After that, they said I can gradually start putting weight on it. I have another appointment in four weeks. We'll see how it's looking then.

At one point after writing my last update I couldn't stand the cast digging into my heel constantly, so we cut it open to add some extra padding and then wrapped it back up. Technically it was a splint and not a cast, so only the back half was hardened. The rest was just padding and it was all wrapped up in elastic bandages, so once we had adjusted it we just held the edges together and wrapped it back up. That little bit of extra padding made a huge difference in how much pressure there was on that spot. Surprisingly they didn't seem upset at all that I had cut it open. The doctor's assistant was actually telling me that the kind of splint they used takes longer to harden, so someone's finger probably left an indent while they were moving me and it hardened like that. Hence the one spot that was constantly bugging me. The back of my heel does look a little rubbed raw.

Our flights home yesterday went a lot smoother and more comfortably than our flights at the start of our trip. We even go to sit together on the last one with nobody sitting next to us. I'm kind of surprised there were so many empty seats on that flight considering Christmas is a week away. Anyway, I enjoyed the trip and I'm glad to be home.

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