Doctors visit

This is late...as always. So the Thursday before last (see how late I am?) I went to the doctors. It was good. I had a couple x-rays (I forgot to get pictures again.....eek! Sorry.) He's pretty pleased with me. I'm practically not wearing my brace ever. I can wear pretty much any kind of shoe (except heels) and without my brace. Yay! I can also walk around barefoot....although I haven't been doing much of that just because it's more comfortable to wear shoes in my current condition. He said I'm about halfway normal which is pretty good. :-) my plate won't be taken out for at least another year.

And just a quick little catch up with what's been going on here lately. :-)

Weather: oh the weather. It can be such a wonderful happy thing but sometimes the weather can make me super angry. So it was really sunny like all last week and almost all the snow was gone and then over the weekend it got all cloudy and rained. I don't mind the rain. I like the rain. So I was okay. But then it snowed. Ugh! I want the snow to be gone! I. Want. Summer. Thankfully today it's at least really sunny. But cold. So yeah, anyways, right now I'm kinda angry with the weather. :-/

Driving: a couple weeks ago we finally got the car fixed. And now I can drive!! It's so exciting! I've been driving almost everyday when daddy gets home. :-D I have a couple problems. One-when turning onto a new road I turn too wide and cut into the other lane. Two-when I'm at a stop sign and I'm ready to go I don't turn fast enough. Three-I go slow down hills. Especially hills that curve at the same time. Four-I always forget my blinker. 

So yeah. Oh and incase you were wondering...I've only been driving in neighborhoods. Actually I did drive to Wal-Mart once (!!) but I got there by a somewhat back road. It wasn't very busy.

I guess I'll go now. I'll try to post soon and maybe have a few pictures. :-)

Physical Therapy.

After 40 sessions of PT, last Thursday I finally finished for good! Whew! I will admit, the later it got the easier it got...but it was still nice to not have to worry about it twice a week. And at nine in the morning (which isn't too early for us) but still annoying because when you get up at 7:00 you can't sit around in pajamas being lazy. So let's see where I am now...

When I started: 

Boot and crutches

Entire foot (except top) sensitive (very)

Not able to bend my ankle at all :-/

(That's the only "big" things I can think of)

Now:

Brace* and no crutch/cane

Sensitivity on foot much better. Bottom still funny on inner side but getting better (yay!)

Can bend my ankle lots **

At the end I got a free water bottle. Well, two actually cause the lady gave Mama one. You could choose a water bottle, shirt, or reusable shopping bag. I figured the water bottle was best for me. ;-) 

* I am wearing an ankle brace with my sneakers but I can take the brace off and wear my lace up boots. Actually, I'm suppose to be wearing the brace as little as possible so as to wean myself off. 

** We measured how far my ankle could bend (up, down, in, and out) at the last PT session. The first session I couldn't bend it at all without help. Now I can bend it almost all the way in, out, down, and up by myself. But....my Physical Therapist could bend it (all ways) ALL the way. So it does have full range of motion I just don't have enough strength to do it by myself. Which is why I still have some PT stuff I'm suppose to do at home.