Well the operation went well and I did wake up which was my main objective. My son PFC Trent was there to take me home and I was glad to see him. My foot was wrapped up as big as a beach ball it seemed. I was unceremoniously wheeled out in a chair and Trent loaded me in like a slab of wood. The one thing I have always hated about having an operation is when they put you under. I have this terrible feeling something is not going to go right and you (I) will not be there to take control of the situation. I guess that is from being a NCO for so long. But I am happy to say that everything went well. But by the second day I was begining to have some real pains. And it was not in the area that was operated on. Further up my foot where the foot and the ankle joins I had pressure sores forming that were raw. They had my foot and all the way up to my knee wrapped in cotton and then a new type of cast put over it. This is not the old plaster cast that is set and put on in layers. It is a steel form that looks like steel mesh covered with fiberglass and cotton. They must put it on with a hydraulic clamp or something cause it is too tough for you to move with your hands. It was too tight and was causing pressure sores. I finally found the hospital phone number but of course only got a answering machine. Finally a couple of hours later my doctor called me back and I told her what the problem was. Thankfully she had a solution right off. She said to just take off the top part of the cast (it was in two pieces) and leave the bottom part on and then rewrap it with ace bandage. Neither Trent nor with I helping, could bend the cast to get it off so Trent went to the shop and got some heavy pliers and channel locks and between the two of us we managed to pry the dang thing open enough to get it off without loosing any foot. Ahhhh Relief.
Today Trent set up a hammock for me in the shady back yard and brought me a stack of gun magazines and pillows for both ends. Wonderful. For once I had to stay in one place and just rest. And catch up on my reading. Tomorrow I have a three day check up on the foot so maybe they will give me a lighter cast with a walking heel on it.
I have already thought up some new posts from things I have read in the last years gun magazines that I missed reading being up in Alaska. So when I start getting around a little better we will have some new subjects to talk about.
Well this is about all the time I want to set up for so will check in with you guys again when I get back from the doctor, tomorrow.
Sarge
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