Day 2

The block has worn off and I'm now feeling the pain.  I did manage to get some sleep last night, due to a dose and a half of tylenol w/ codeine and an ambien.  I woke up at 6am with nagging, burning, throbbing pain so I'm now back on the couch with the foot elevated and another dose of codeine on board.  The pins and needles feeling from the pain block is gone, so I am not as annoyed by the "foot is asleep" feeling but may have preferred that over the pain I'm now feeling.

My doctor called me last night to check in, which was kind of sweet.  I'm used to nurses calling, not usually the doc himself.   He said that the damage to the tendon was one of the worst tears he has seen in a long time, but he thinks that the repair and graft will be a success.  I will definitely be non-weight bearing for 5 weeks and then in a lot of physical therapy after that.  It may be 6-12 months before the ankle feels like the other one!   Who would have thought that just walking down stairs could do so much damage?

So for today it's back to sitting on the couch reading, crocheting, and watching movies.  If anyone has any recommendations please let me know.  The snow is coming in tonight, and we could get about 6-12", so I may have a full house tomorrow if Aaron doesn't venture to A2 and Ryan has a snow day.   At least that would give me more to "do" or basically just more people to hang out with.  So far though, having mom around has been a huge blessing.   I'm going stir crazy already, but as Aaron reminded me I am not dealing with crazy HOPE and bankruptcy clients right now and that made me smile.  I like work, but a couple of days off does clear out the brain a bit.