My ATR journey

well today was the big day!  I’ve been counting down the days since my surgery and after 6 loooong weeks it finally came around.

I visited the doc last week because of a possible infection.  There was a little scab that wouldn’t really heal, so he took a look and prescribed some antibiotics.  It wasn’t too worried about it, he said it was just precautionary, but I was really hoping that it wouldn’t interfere with my countdown to weight bearing.  He looked at it again today and he said it looked great.  But he also said that he wanted me to keep it still for awhile too to let the scab heal without pulling at it, and to wait til Monday to see my trainer and start with exercises again.   I got pretty upset about this because I thought this would mean a no-go with ditching the crutches.  He almost left it as an afterthought saying, “oh, and of course you can start putting weight on it (still in the boot), and get rid of the crutches.”

Phew!

When I got home it was hard for me to actually tell myself that I could walk around, but right after I made myself breakfast I leaned my crutches against the fridge and started walking around cleaning up the kitchen.  I was savoring being able to carry stuff around and wash off the countertops and unload the dishwasher.  Sounds pretty lame I know, but I kind of missed cleaning our kitchen!

For the most part, I’m very comfortable walking around in my boot.  There’s a tiny bit of a difference in height between my boot and my shoe, but not bad at all.  My heel feels really sensitive, and it’s kind of sore, but other than that I can’t even put into words how great it feels to have freedom back!

AND i’ll be walking for graduation… woo hoo!