I got my fancy boot!

Ok, so it took until Thursday to get my boot. I finally had to go to an orthopedist in town--and I had to beg them to squeeze me in so I could finally get around without hopping on one foot, or using the miserable crutches. The doctor saw me and the first thing he said when he looked at my x-rays in a very matter-of-fact way he said, "this is a Jones fracture, we do surgery on those." So I have a follow-up scheduled for August 19th. I'm under the impression that if I opt not to have surgery, it is very likely that this will be a recurring problem that will get worse and worse. Apparently with each stress fracture part of the bone dies surrounding the fracture, and it heals so slowly that it is never really strong enough to avoid future fractures.

So I'll keep everyone posted on that, hopefully it won't be something I'll have to do in the very near future, but it is something that is a very real possibility. The surgery will be to put a screw through the bone from end to end preventing it from fracturing in the future--so the long term benefits are good.

Thanks for all of the calls and well wishes and help. We've really appreciated the help from our friends here in Hermiston who have brought meals, taken the kids for a couple of hours, helped get things going for us in the morning, and just generally been there for any little thing we need.

FINALLY an Update!

OUR RUMMAGE SALE WAS A SUCCESS!

I am happy to report that our rummage sale raised $1112 plus an additional donation of $500 came from Chris' grandparents, and with the max matching grant from Walmart, the total for the weekend was $2612! That puts our total at approximately $10,800 and only $2200 to go! I am going to submit an application to our local hospital foundation for the remaining amount which makes awards in September, if that goes through--we'll be done!

The rummage sale went fantastically well. We had so much help, and more volunteers than we ever expected right there with us the entire time! We filled the gym with donations, so many that afterwards we took 3 truck loads of left overs to Goodwill! We made almost 200 sales, and we still need to cash in all of the can donations (that might take a while). Check out Dallon's blog for more details!
The bad news is that all that time on my feet caused a stress fracture through an old fracture in my foot. Too many workouts in bad shoes leading up to it I guess. I spent Sunday morning in the ER, and I'm doing fine now. We've had lots of help, and I'm glad I made it throught the sale!

These are some pictures we took of my foot today. Pretty gross! There's a big bulge on the inside just under my ankle, and my toes are so fat there's no air flow between them! I had no swelling at all in the ER, I think its from all of the trauma from when they put me in my splint--WOW that hurt so bad, and they didn't even wait for my pain meds to take effect before they went for it!

In the next picture you can see it compared to my normal foot, thank goodness I dressed up my toenails last week so I wouldn't be embarrassed by all of the attention they've been getting :o)

Its starting to feel better. I can move my ankle without excruciating pain now, and I can move my toes a little as well (but not much because of the swelling). I'm still on crutches and trying to figure out how and where to best acquire an orthopedic boot so I can walk--and the raw patches just below my armpits can't wait!