sprain updates

 Dang! Look at those pretty colors!

I still can't do much. It takes forever to get upstairs to my bedroom. Of course the toilet in the master bath right off my bedroom is broken. So every early morning bathroom break I have to hobble downstairs. I did make waffles this morning and drove Zach to French class this afternoon. It was tricky driving with my gas pedal foot sprained. Luckily it wasn't far. Sam is feeling much better. In fact, she is being picked up to go to a friend's house tonight.  I'm still recovering from the flu, but am improving. Hopefully this healing momentum will keep going. I can't tell what I'm more sick of, sneezing and blowing my nose or dealing with my ankle.

Update: 2/24/14

The remnants of the flu are now gone - Thank God!  My ankle and foot are still swollen and the bruising has grown.  The bruises on my toes don't hurt which is strange.

Update: 3/6/14

I spent Sunday-Wednesday (3/2-3/5) in pain. I got repeated Charlie horses/muscle spasms in my right leg's calf muscle. I called the dr. Tuesday and they set me up for an appointment on Wednesday. There, they re-evaluated my sprained ankle. My doctor was concerned about the swelling that went all the way to my knee. She said my splint was actually part of the problem and I should've had been given an Aircast right away when I was first checked into urgent care.

 I had to laugh when she repeated what everybody has been telling me, that a sprain is worse than a break. That I would've been better off breaking my ankle. Such words of comfort. She also, told me to stay off my foot as much as possible and elevate it whenever I can.

 I was then sent to the occupational therapy part of the clinic to be fitted for an Aircast. While there, they asked for the Workmen's Comp. insurance information. I didn't have any of that so she told me to call my employer and get all of the necessary information to process the Workmen's Comp. so I called work that Wednesday and talk to the only HR representative we have, Kathy. 

 Kathy asked why I needed the information. I thought it was kind of obvious since I was walking around with a limp and everybody knew I fell in the Y's icy parking lot...twice!  But I went ahead and reminded her of this fact. She asked me what I would be doing with the Workmen's Comp. information. I told her that Dean Clinic needed it in order to process the billing.  She told me that I don't deal with this, that only she [Kathy] does this. Well, she hadn't yet so I was taking the necessary steps. I then called Workmen's Comp. for Dean clinic and gave them Kathy's phone number so they could get the information they needed from her. I am going to be following up and documenting every week until this gets resolved. I just have a bad feeling I'm going to have a battle on my hands.

3/7/14

 This whole elevating the leg constantly is darn near impossible. I can't really elevate it at work.  At home, I try and stay off it, but I have too much to do. I know I have a husband and kids who can help, but after awhile I just get sick of asking them to do stuff. Plus, it seems to bit me in the ass when I do.  Sorry that my sprained ankle is such an inconvenience to everyone.