The cast is GONE

I went back to the doctor today because the pretty pink cast was WAY too loose.  So loose in fact that the gauze wrap underneath the cast started coming unraveled and balled up under my foot.  I stuck my whole hand in and pulled the gauze out, and realized if I can stick the entire hand into the cast something must be wrong.   The doc agreed and took the cast off and it's not going back on, which is the good news...

The not so good news is that my body is rejecting the internal stitches.   There were at least 4-6 of them poking out of the incision, which he had to then remove and those deep ones hurt!  The rejection is not a huge shocker on my end--the same exact thing happened when I had my breast reduction, and that turned into a cluster#*ck of epic proportions.  I wound up with a terrible infection and horrible scars so bad that my husband now calls my right breast "shark bait."  Luckily the scars are on the underside, so only he gets to see them--lucky Aaron, right?

So far, my ankle looks good and is healing nicely so I have to now be REALLY careful so that when the internal stitches keep coming out I don't pop the whole wound open.  It's not likely to happen, but could and that's scary.   For now I'm back in the CAM Walker, which I affectionately call my "moon boot."   It's a little lighter than the cast, but way more cumbersome.  I'm not allowed to walk at all in the boot, but can gently rest it on the floor for balance.  I go back next week for a normal follow up and then in 2 weeks I'll probably be released for physical therapy!   Woo hoo!   This means hopefully I'll be back to work in 3-4 weeks--a little longer than I'd hoped, but less than the 8 week worst case scenario.   

The pain is tolerable--just have to keep the leg elevated as much as possible and take the ibuprofen to reduce inflammation.  I'm feeling pretty good!