There isn't too much to say. We had tons beyond tons of fun at the Hoops! But we've been home for almost a week now so that isn't really relevant to now. Anyhoo...my leg is a lot better. My ankle is still really stiff. But we went to the doctors on Tuesday and I didn't cry...until the end when we started talking about my nerves. I'll tell you about that in a minute. I did get a new brace! Know what I sorta just realized last night? This brace means that really nothing is wrong with my actual break. My ankle is just really weak. Technically, I could walk around normal and be back to normal if my ankle weren't so weak. This brace is really just to support my ankle while it grows stronger. But it made me really happy when I realized that really I'm pretty much all better. The only problem is if I tried to do things without a brace I'd probably fall down or injure my ankle because it's so weak. So with my boot I was finally on one crutch but I'm still trying to get use to this new brace so now I'm back on two crutches. I really want to drive though so I may try to get back on just one crutch today. What do my crutches have to do with driving? Well, first of all we found out you don't have to be 14 and a half to get your permit...just 14 ( oh I figured out the other thing I wanted to tell you about. How could I forget my birthday?). Unfortunately, Daddy and Mama won't let me get my permit until I'm off my crutches. When you go to get your permit you don't have to take a driving test, just a written test. So I'm really hoping to get off my crutches. There's still a mental block up in my brain preventing me from just being brave and sucking it up and walking without crutches. I'm trying to get past that block but it's proving harder done than said...don't ask why. Apparently my brain doesn't feel like being nice to me. I really really want to drive though. Ugh. On happier terms...this brace is making me super happy! Guys, seriously *said in an excited whisper* I can wear shoes on both feet!! *back to normal voice* I mean yeah they're just sneakers but seriously, shoes on both feet!!! :-D :-D :-D my leg is starting to look normal...well not under my sock but...ya know. Anyways, I mentioned something about crying when we started talking about my nerves. Well, um...I find this to be a very frustrating topic. I still have tingly feet. The doctor said my nerves could take up to a month for every inch that was stretched to heal. So if I stretched 12 inches of nerves it could take up to 12 months for my nerves to feel normal and for my foot to not tingle. Except it's not really my whole foot. Mostly now it's just the bottom that is practically "untouchable" because it just feels...horrid. He tapped my knee and the back of my ankle with that little hammer thing and both of those reflexes are working fine. When he uses his finger to tap on the left side of my ankle it's fine. But of he uses his finger to tap the right side of my ankle it sends tingles through my whole foot. He said there's a big nerve there that runs up the side of my leg. So he wants us to go to the spine institute in Anchorage on Monday...just for a consul. When we were talking about my nerves he told mama about the thing they use to do with a nine volt battery on thier tongue and said the test would just feel like that. I, obviously, was not listening correctly because I took that to mean they were gonna practically electrocute my tongue. Yeah I know I'm crazy. So yeah, that was where the tears started to come...well they actually started coming a little before that but yeah. Um. I mentioned test. Well he said there's a sort of test they can do to track my nerves healing. So then in a few months if we want to see how much my nerves have healed we could take another test and know. With the test we would know if my nerve was dead or alive. The thing is...if my nerve is still alive:there isn't any way we can speed up the process of the healing. If it's dead:we can't bring it back to life. So I'm just over here going: than what's the point too taking the test? Just wait and see if it heals or not. I think I'm able to tell if my foot tingles or not when you touch it. Why zap my leg if there's no point to it except to keep track of the healing? I'm not worried about keeping track of it. If my nerves are still alive then okay, it could take up to a year to heal for my foot to not tingle anymore. If they're dead then they're dead there isn't anything you can do about it and I'll just have to deal with tingles for the rest of my life. Because you are not zapping my leg. I'm sorry. I sound really mean but I just really don't want my leg to get zapped. He says they're probably not dead because they tingle but anyways. Mama and Daddy said they wouldn't force me to take any tests if I didn't want to. But Monday is just a consul to see what Dr. Sean Johnston thinks. So yeah.if you didn't understand any of that um...sorry. I'm not very good explains things like this. So! My birthday! Um on my actual birthday I had cake and opened presents. On Sunday we just went to church. On Monday daddy got to stay home so we had my birthday breakfast and lunch which was Dutchbabies and homemade sushi. Then Tuesday we had my birthday dinner which was Spicy Thai Noodles. For my presents I got: a notebook. Another notebook. A folder that matched one of the notebooks. A binder that matched the folder and notebook. Two waterproof pens. Erasable pens. A watercolor book. And a Starbucks gift card. And a game. I think that's all. I had a lot of fun. And now that I'm finished writing my very long post I'll leave you with some pictures.
My cake. Mama whipped this beauty up in about thirty minutes. Not including cake baking time. Spy the K?
