Several good things to report - last night I was so tired that I actually got a decent night's sleep. And this afternoon I took a 2 hour nap. I get excited when I sleep because they said it's the fastest way to recover. Anyway so that is good. I also got to enjoy the Pocky that Rebecca got me. :-)
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| Eating pocky while icing |
Finally 4:30 rolled around... the time I was allowed to take the dressing off.
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| The iodine makes my leg look so tan! |
That's about as far as I got. Thankfully Andy has a stronger stomach than I do. He took the rest of the dressing off and threw it away while I laid with a blanket over my face. Finally I got the courage to look. I know it's not that bad, but it still really grosses me out.
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| The big reveal |
Finally it was time to take a shower. Yes!! I sat on a plastic crate in the tub and used a cup to dump water all over me. It wasn't the best shower in the world but I sure felt better afterwards. Now it's wrapped back up in a regular ace bandage.
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| Smaller bandage |
It's nice to have more of my leg freed up, but now the ice is a lot colder... which I guess is a good thing. But man... it sure hurts today. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I'm allowed to start to put a little weight on it with the crutches now, but I think I'm going to wait until tomorrow. If it aches this much just laying with it elevated, I don't really want to stress it anymore.
That's all for now! Stay tuned for updated progress. :-)
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