Mary is still making good progress.
She is now helping with food preparation - that is a big help
and can get around the house on her own.
We went to the seaside one day but she had to be content to venture not too far away from where we parked.
She now comes along to grocery shopping and can get around the stores surprisingly well, especially if the store has a clothes department
She has walked a little (twice) in the kitchen with the boot off - with the aid of crutches of course.
The consultant said she should be able to do that, so we gave it a go.
No reactions
Next appointment with the consultant is this Thursday. We are hoping she will be allowed to walk unaided.
He said he would not be surprised to see her walk in to the appointment with boot removed.
We decided to wait until they do another x-ray and give the OK.
Fingers crossed!!
For anyone who happens to surf in on this, they might be interested to know the side effects.
Mary experienced a severe burning sensation around the area where the major surgery was done, particularly after walking more than usual during the day (not a lot on any given day I hasten to add).
Fortunately an ice pack eased the pain in her case.
I did quite a bit of surfing to find tips and to try and find any information posted by other patients, but could find precious little.
From our findings, we believe it is superficial nerve reaction and internal healing going on.
I did find that many patients had difficulty getting sleep because of the burning. Mary was luckier - the pains subsided shortly after she went to bed. She hasn't been kept awake at any time during the recovery process.
The other major side effect was tummy pains etc which we concluded (more surfing and talking to others) was associated with the withdrawal from morphine. email if you'd like precise details.
These lasted about a couple of weeks but have now gone away.
