Clarine's Milestone

Tuesday we loaded Clarine into the car and went to see her doctor. Getting her loaded into the car we were extra careful that she put no weight on her foot for that was the operating procedure ever after 5 November when her ankle was restructured. When we got to the doctor's office, the first thing that his assistant did was have us wheel her to a room where they took an X-ray. When the doctor came in to talk to Clarine, he went to a computer screen and keyed up her X-ray. Then he proceeded to tell us what we wanted to hear. While pointing out on the X-ray how close together the bones of her ankle were - no space between, he proceeded to tell us she could now put some weight on the foot - but don't go outside without the support boot. She even had license to go up and down the stairs. Well, that permission quite revolutionized our lives. When we got home, she went up the garage stairs with me walking up each stair beside her and she leaned on me each step she took, but she she did put some weight on her subject foot. She was hesitant at first after favoring the foot for seven or eight weeks. When night came, she walked up the stairs using the railing for support. That was the first night she didn't sleep in the hospital bed on the first floor since 5 November. (I thought it was nice not to be in that bed alone any more as well.) Yesterday - her first full day on the foot - she was in some discomfort by the time bed time rolled around. She arose this morning rejuvenated and ready to go again. She did some baking today and has been doing quite well I would say. She was told by the doctor to keep on wearing the electronic device that helps bones knit for another month - still three hours per day and to come back and see him in four weeks.

I am happy that we are finally in the down-hill side of this episode and things are taking on a rosier hue from our outlook. I think Clarine is possessed of a brighter outlook as well.