One week survival in hard cast

Well I have survived one week in my hard cast. I have had good times and bad times, but it gets a little easier each day that passes. The hardest part about being in the hard cast is when my nerves twinge and twitch. There have been a couple of times that it actually felt like I had a bug crawling around inside my cast biting me. My doctor says it's just my nerves playing games with me. I still occasionally feel like someone is sticking pins in my toes and my foot. I can't get used to that because each time it happens it catches me off guard so I jump and squeal. LOL Michael and Kinlie have gotten used to it, but my mom still gets all "what's wrong?" It tends to happen more at night than anytime, but it does happen through out the day. I also have a sensation that my new tendon is jumping in my foot. It feels like when your eye jumps and you can't get it to stop. I'm not sure if it's really my tendon I feel or the nerves around it. All I know is that it's aggrivating.

I was so excited because I was able to FINALLY lay on my side for a while Saturday night. I am NOT a back sleeper so I have had a hard time having to sleep on my back for the last few weeks. I actually had to put pillows under my shoulders on either side so I would not try to roll over in my sleep. I have to put a pillow between my legs and rest my leg on that pillow to keep my cast leg straight. It takes me a while to get comfortable, but I have been able to sleep like that for a little while each night since then. Last night (Sunday night) I had a harder time getting comfortable, but I took my pain meds and finally my pain eased enough so that I could lay in a way I wasn't hurting as bad.

I did survive an out of town dance competition this past weekend. One reason I wanted to hold off on my surgery was because I didn't want to have it in the middle of dance competition season. It just got to the point I couldn't wait any longer so I sat Kinlie down and talked to her about me not being able to help her get ready for her dances. I am so proud of her because she did a great job at getting herself ready without loosing anything. The trip there and back was not as bad as the trip to Kentucky I took a couple of weeks ago. We only had to drive about two hours. Our hotel was nice and at least they had an elevator this time. They were a little more handicap friendly than the last hotel. My main problem and pain came when I had to sit in the auditorium for a few hours at a time. In all of the years Kinlie has danced I haven't missed one of her competitions yet and I didn't plan on missing one this time. When it comes to your kids sometimes you just have to do what you have to do....so I did...hahaha.

When we got to the auditorium one of the people that worked there told us that the aisles that were missing a seat on the end were for people in wheelchairs...well that's nice, except that by the time we got there all of those rows had people in them already. We ended up in an aisle behind a wheel chair accessible aisle so I sat in one of the auditorium seats and propped my foot on a backpack, dance bag blankets and pillows we brought in. Saturday was not as bad because Kinlie's dances were close together and I left as soon as she finished dancing. I went back to the hotel to lay down and elevate my foot. Now Sunday was a different story. I did wait until right before her first dance to go to the auditorium, but she had more dances and they were spread out longer for the day...then I had to get in the car and ride home. My foot swelled up pretty bad on Sunday so I did end up having to take pain meds when I got home. I have been trying to only take medicine at night when I absolutely need it.

I also volunteered at the school today. I actually felt good because it was the first productive thing I have done since my surgery almost four weeks ago. I had kids asking me if they could sign my cast...lol....I just thought I was too old for people to sign my cast. hahaha It made me feel good they cared and wanted to sign it. I'm supposed to volunteer at eighth grade day on Friday so I'm hoping for the best and praying that things will go smoothly with no problems. The main thing I'm concerned about is that it is supposed to be outside and I'm hoping I can get around outside in my wheelchair. I'm also worried about it being hot with this hard cast on me. I'm gonna stay positive and hope for the best. : )