Next Steps - sort of literally

Yesterday had the next visit to re-examine my sutures. She thought they were ready to come out, so, got that all done. They decided to put me in a boot instead of the splint, so got that fitted as best they could (ankle was still swollen and pretty stiff, it had been splinted slightly pointed).

Not sure how I feel about the boot just yet. On the one hand, I can take my leg out of it, itch, scrub, and clean it, which is nice. On the other hand, it's big and kind of awkward and kind of heavy - so not appreciating those aspects. : | I was able to sleep in it pretty well though, so that was good. Also have been able to back off the pain meds a little more, so that's been pretty nice too.

My iWalk 2.0 showed up today, so got that assembled and gave it a try. The first try didn't go so great - it hurt on my leg, and I wasn't feeling too sturdy on it. Decided my leg had been through enough lately, so took a break with intentions of mucking with it another day. After a couple hours, however, I was feeling better so decided to try it again. I adjusted the padding some more to see if that would help (the boot makes getting the padding right more complicated). That made a big difference and it was way easier to use. Figured distracting myself would help a bit, so used it to vacuum the house. By the time I was done, I was feeling pretty good on it. Even finished up by filling and carrying the ice cube trays to the freezer without spilling :laughing

It's still going to take some getting used to, but I'm HOPING I can use it to walk from the ferry building to my office which will save me a fair bit of money. It will also make my part time job (which I plan on going back to next month) a LOT easier.

Still have to make sure my ex-fracture-blister-now-sore heals and doesn't get infected. That's still a big concern, so still having to keep the leg dry until that is healed up - but I can scrub pretty much everywhere else now, so my foot got a good (and needed) scrub this morning.

Now to build up my endurance on the iWalk so I can use it to get to work - if it works for that, it'll pay for itself pretty quickly.