Yesterday Steve went to the Dr (well, he didn't really see the Dr. he saw his "assistant"..apparently the Dr only does surgery.... because when we went to his first follow up appointment...we saw some other lady??) He is 8 weeks post surgery. The suture is all healed up and looking great!
As of now, he has been allowed to walk on the boot with 50% weight with crutches to assist. (most of the time..=)) The Dr (will just call him that for simplicity sake!) promoted him to walking on the boot without crutches (which Steve threw in the back seat on the way home!) for the the next 1 1/2...then transitioning to no boot indoors while wearing the boot when he goes outside for 2 weeks. Then he should be ready to walk on it unassisted (eeekkkk!!!!) at about week 12!
This is one of those injuries that has a loooong recovery time! I guess you can say he's on the Home Stretch! He says his heel hurts him a lot and it still gets swollen and he has to ice it daily.
I think I can safely say...he (we) hopes to NEVER have to go through this again...but if we do, God will give us the strength to do it!
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