Since I have decided to get my degree and become a teacher, I need to be able to write A LOT. I finally decided that I would bite the bullet and finally fuse the wrist. So on August 13th I went in for surgery number 8. Since I had a partial row carpectomy done about 8 years ago, I had limited range of motion of my right wrist anyway. Dr. Burrows went in and put a plate with 8 screws and also a bone graph to make the fusion.
So this is my new wrist! I have zero range of motion with it and can not bend it at all. I had a drain in my wrist so the Dr kept me over night. It was rough coming out of surgery because I was in a lot of pain. I finally got a nerve block afterwards, and truly it made all the difference. I came home and my wonderful husband was soo good to me! I sat in the chair in front of the computer and watched all 8 seasons of "Monk".
On Thursday the 15th following surgery, my Mom called and convinced me that Donnovan who just turned 5 should go to school. We were going to hold him back since we thought he wasn't ready, but with the prompting of my Mom we decided to have him tested.
I called my good friend Sonya Gibson who is the all day kindergarten teacher and asked her if she would test him. She said to bring him over to the school, so since Ryan has his learners permit, he drove us over. After testing him she told us that he was actually right smack dab in the middle of all the other students she had tested and thought he was ready.
So we decided to enroll him, two days before school started! School started on Tuesday the 20th for everyone except kindergarteners, who started on the 27th. Sunday the 18th of August, I got a text from Sonya who said that her para-educator wasn't coming back and asked if I was interested in coming back to work in kindergarten land. I was soo excited. I filled out an application, one handed since I was barely a week post op, and interviewed for the job.
Note to self: when going on a job interview do not take a loratab right before going. I was a little loopy. ok A LOT LOOPY.
BUT I got the job!!! They hired me on Friday and I was to report to work the following Tuesday the 27 for the first day of kindergarten. I was soo excited. I called my boss at Beehive and worked it out so that I could do both jobs.
On Monday August 26th, not even 2 weeks post op wrist surgery, I went down stairs to wake the kids up for school and fell down the last stair. My knees went over my toes and I landed on my knees then feel forward onto my stomach. Luckily I didn't land on my wrist, but I did sprain my big toe and little toe on my left foot and tweaked my left knee, and I also broke 2 bones in the right.
It was so painful we ended up having to call 911 to have the ambulance help me get up from the basement. Truly a "I've fallen and I can't get up" moment!
So the day before I was to start my new job, I broke my foot! I ended up having surgery on my foot on Thursday the 29th to fix it. Dr. McKenzie told me he would try his hardest to just put plates on the toes, since I told him how much I hate having external pins. Once he got in there I had done too much damage on the 4th metatarsal that he ended up having to use cadaver bone and pining it.
Needless to say when I woke up I was not happy!
So now here I am, non weight bearing on my wrist and non weight bearing on my foot. My husband is a saint!! I again sat in front of the computer watching movies for another week.
But I had to go back to work! So on Sept 9th, a week and a half after my foot surgery I went back to work. With a pin sticking out!
Luckily I have a scooter that I use to get around with. My Dad and hubby built me a ramp so I can get out of my house and every morning my Dad comes down and puts the scooter in the car for me so I can go to work. It has been an adventure.
I have been soo blessed throughout this whole ordeal with a wonderful husband who helps me out and does everything for me. I have wonderful kids who help out and get me things when I need them. I have great friends who have brought us dinners and candy and treats and are willing to do my laundry for me. I have patient bosses who were willing to wait till I came back to work.
I am also blessed that even though I have trails I didn't break both feet or do more damage to my wrist or break my fools neck falling. I am blessed that there are fun drugs like loratab which help me to cope with the pain.
But mostly I am blessed that I have such a wonderful and loving family who get me ice packs and put my feet up and hand me things that literally are 1 foot out of reach. I love them and they deserve a vacation... as soon as I can walk again!!
