Kristin’s One Footed (Now Two-Footed!) Blog

 OK…This pic looks gross…I know…just like all my other pics, but since I’ve shared with you along the way, so goes the new pic. I was an expert at Wound Care, and now I’m trying to learn about scab care. I’m hoping that in a few weeks the scab will come off and great skin will be underneath. Time will tell that I guess. If anyone else has experience in scab care let me know. IMy wound closed..but by having it scabbed over so long, hopefully once scab comes off I’ll have great skin below. Basically I leave it uncovered all the time. If I’m out in public I have a sock or something on…to spare people the sight and also to give it a little protect God forbid someone kicks me or runs something into the wound site.

Kevin-I wanted to reply to your post re:your wound, but somehow you’ve turned off the Comments on your page so we can’t leave comments. So, look at your recent post and see if you can get the Comments section back. As you know, I also did a Wound Vac, but only for 1 week. Lesson learned is I should have kept vac on longer, but Dr. kept saying no, no…send it back. For me we had to do 2 Integra grafts. My wound took as long as yours (surgery early April)…and twice the Dr. felt that if we didn’t do the grafts then the skin would unlikely grow over the tendon on it’s own. See, like you my Dr’s before going to wound ctr had me treating the wound and dressing it just like you…and packing it like you did.  It sounds like you are now on your way to wound closure. Did you have the surgery to close it yet? I’m sure you’ll soon be closed and we’ll have a party together! Oh, and I was going to rehab with the open wound. I would leave it covered…and we would move the dressings around so PT can put the electric stim and other things on it. There’s no reason why you have to wait to go to rehab if you have a wound. You can still do all the exercises, etc. That said, as you know from reading others’ blogs…rehab isn’t a total necessity…I’m sure you’ll find since your surgery was so long ago..that your strength is pretty good. I liked rehab for the 2nd opinion on things I can do…and I also think that the electric stim can’t hurt and can only help with blood flow to my wound. Keep me posted. Fix your comments on your site, or reply on mine so we can stay in touch!

Have a great weekend friends!

ATR Friends - Well, today is a good day! I went to my weekly Wound Ctr appt and my wound HAS CLOSED…I REPEAT..NO MORE HOLE!  I have closed! YEAH! I still have to be careful for the next couple of mths because it takes the skin a while to thicken up. But YEAH!  After 6 mths (surgery was around 1st of April) I’m closed!!! It took forever, but at least it closed. AND, no more weekly wound center appointments! I’m looking forward to the hundreds of dollars of savings in NOT paying for all my grafts and potions and stuff. And, the BEST THING…NO MORE SHOWER BAG! Yeah! My little foot can have water drip on it like a normal person! Yeah! Just wanted to share the good news! YEAH…NO HOLE!