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!