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| Swelling back up from about 3cm to 8cm :( |
Sunday was my birthday, and there were people coming over after a nice dim sum lunch to play some board games, which was awesome. We got a text the evening before, asking if the puppy could come visit, and didn't really plan well for having both of those things happen at the same time. I was sitting forward on the couch to reach the table while playing the board games, and the puppy decided to get my attention by using the gap behind me to walk to my injured side. When I didn't notice her, she tried to climb into my lap via my knee :(
The pain level spiked immediately to about an 8/10, and left me yelling/crying pretty hardcore. Ended up back on the hardcore pain meds for a while, but the pain is slowly settling over the last few days down to a 5/10. It should be at a 3, based on how I was doing before the incident. The swelling should also be around or below 3cm, but it's up to 8 at PT, and was probably worse on sunday night/monday. We called the doctor monday morning, and his assistant scheduled me an emergency appointment between his surgeries to check out the bones and make sure all the screws were still in place. There was never any doubt on my end that the screws didn't move, since she stepped on the top part where the ligament reattachment happened, and not the osteotomy site on the top of my shin, but it was nice to get that confirmed by xrays this morning.
The prognosis
He showed me how to realign the brace when the swelling fluctuates, which basically blew my mind. He lifted up a piece that was apparently attached to a strap by velcro, and I had NO idea this entire time. He said that it will be up to my physical therapist to send him updates over the next few weeks, to determine how much extra time I have to wait before getting from 30 degrees to 60 degrees of flexion, but from a hardware standpoint nothing was ruined. It's likely she pushed the ligament before it was ready to be pushed, and it decided to swell up as a response, and may add some time before I can bend it safely. It's not safe to go past 30 degrees still for the time being, which I was hoping would not be the case when I was supposed to see him in a week and some change.
My physical therapist assured me this afternoon that we will get back to where I was before the puppypocalypse, but it may take more time. She told me to hold off on all at-home exercises besides my ankle pumps which are more just to keep the blood moving in my feet, than real exercises like the rest of my muscle contractions or lifts/bends. I'll get an updated list of exercises for the weekend on friday when I see her next. The swelling is a setback, but hopefully it's one we can correct quickly.
Before the puppypocalypse
Halloween was a lot of fun; had a good time sewing again, and working with lycra was new for me. There was a pretty decent turnout of people who came over for board games and drinks, and at one point we had two games of tichu going simultaneously. The costumes were fun too -- see below :)
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| Ryan as "Link", Kristin as a "Creepy Doll", Me as "Esmeralda", Mindy as "Tina", Chris as "Lurking Sith Lord", and Lupe as "Nurse Joy". Charizard and Squirtle dressed as eachother. |
Had a nice visit from my uncle yesterday morning, who brought blue bottle coffee and delicious yogurt things. Was good to see him and catch up, and looking forward to my dad coming up again this weekend while Neil is away at Blizzcon and Disneyland (SO JEALOUSSSSSSS).
That's all from me right now; trying to keep up with the pain without hitting the hardcore stuff too much. It kinda sucks a lot, but I'm glad that it wasn't worse... it definitely could have been.
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