Prayers for Mom .... And Me ... Again

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Mom went to her foot doctor yesterday. On her right foot the toes for years have been curling. Not under, just inward. She's known for years that she would eventually need to have this repaired. Anyway, her doctor said it's time and they have scheduled her surgery for 7/10/2020.

Apparently the surgery is not that big a deal, but, the recovery is.

1) She will be in some sort of boot that will contain her foot and help her to walk without damaging the toes post surgery.

2) She will be confined to a recliner for 4 weeks and only allowed up on her feet for 5 minutes an hour.

3) She will need to go to the doc every week for dressing changes.

4) No driving for at least 4 weeks.

The timing stinks with the new puppy and all, but, what can ya do. Not sure how she's gonna do a recliner, we have two, but, they are in the living room. We haven't used the living room in years ... LOL ... no tv there ... I'm guessing I could pull a recliner into the kitchen area through the opening. I don't know. Maybe take the leaf out of the table and make a little more room. Guess I'll figure it out.

Anyway ... I'd appreciate your prayers for mom to have a quick recovery and for my sanity ... LOL ... it's borderline now ... this may be when the men in white coats finally come for me ... and ya know ... I'm gonna go peacefully ...

[ol' school]

Alan, you and your Mom and Kira will be in our prayers.

[paws]

Anyway ... I'd appreciate your prayers for mom to have a quick recovery and for my sanity ... LOL ... it's borderline now ... this may be when the men in white coats finally come for me ... and ya know ... I'm gonna go peacefully ... [/QUOTE]

what...and leave Kira? 🐶 🐾🐾

[Jack Klarich]

Continued prayers for great healing and mental well being

[consitter]

Praying for y’all...

[Philip R]

Prayer sent.

[Dave59]

Prayers on the way.

[FuzzyWuzHe]

what...and leave Kira? 🐶 🐾🐾

She would come with me ... she's my little ray of sunshine .... without her I would be bonkers

[Zammy]

Alan, your Mom is our thoughts, may peace be with you and family.

[Gideon]

Fuzzy, prayers for Mom, you and the Pup are on their way.

God bless,

Gideon

[hogcowboy]

Praying for all. Unfortunately after all that time off of the feet there may be even more time in therapy. Maybe not but I doubt 5 minutes a day will be enough to not require it.

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Mom had her surgery the morning ... The ailment she had is called "Hammer Toe" ... the surgery went really well according to the Doc ... Now comes the true pain, she has to have her foot elevated to her hips for 80% of the waking time (Doc recommended a recliner). This only has to happen for 4 weeks .... .... thanks James ... for this too I will consider Joy

[hogcowboy]

That's great news. She should recover just fine now. I have just the opposite problem. Because I have a total ankle replacement, my toes started to curl under. I had them fixed one at a time before they became a problem. Still off the feet for extended period of time but beat having major surgery later like your mom.

[ol' school]

Alan, prayers for a speedy and complete recovery fot your Mom. And prayers for you to have the strength to see her through this.

[Zammy]

Fuzzy, hope your Mom does well with her recovery, glad the Doc said the surgery went as planned.

[Jack Klarich]

That is some much needed great news for your mom and you The power of prayer again

[FuzzyWuzHe]

That is some much needed great news for your mom and you The power of prayer again

Amen

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Took Mom to her doc's office today and he did a dressing change. Got a great report, the doc said she is very much ahead of schedule, as much as a week ahead. He told her he wants her to start walking around a little more, like up to 20-30 minutes an hour.

Pretty good news for me, although I'm still doing almost everything around here. I've always done 90% of the cooking, all household repairs, cleaned my end of the house, so that's not changed. I now spend my days watering her plants, cleaning the whole house, doing laundry, etc. Not complaining, just looking forward to getting back to normal. I do wish that Mom would have waited until Kira was a bit older before doing this. Had I known this was coming, Kira would not be mine, so maybe not.

I do get a bit of time early morning each day to do as I want, Tomorrow I plan on trying to figure out why the FM on the Tri is sketchy, might just be the area here, we go through periods where it doesn't work well ... all signals from all channels come off basically one tower on top of the Colorado National Monument. After that, I may put the new end caps on.

Anyway, her doc said she may be able to drive as early as two more weeks. So, we take good news were we get it.

[rhino 2]

Took Mom to her doc's office today and he did a dressing change. Got a great report, the doc said she is very much ahead of schedule, as much as a week ahead. He told her he wants her to start walking around a little more, like up to 20-30 minutes an hour.

Pretty good news for me, although I'm still doing almost everything around here. I've always done 90% of the cooking, all household repairs, cleaned my end of the house, so that's not changed. I now spend my days watering her plants, cleaning the whole house, doing laundry, etc. Not complaining, just looking forward to getting back to normal. I do wish that Mom would have waited until Kira was a bit older before doing this. Had I known this was coming, Kira would not be mine, so maybe not.

I do get a bit of time early morning each day to do as I want, Tomorrow I plan on trying to figure out why the FM on the Tri is sketchy, might just be the area here, we go through periods where it doesn't work well ... all signals from all channels come off basically one tower on top of the Colorado National Monument. After that, I may put the new end caps on.

Anyway, her doc said she may be able to drive as early as two more weeks. So, we take good news were we get it.

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[ol' school]

That is good news Alan! Thanks for the update! More prayers on the way...