Monday, September 22, 2008
Misc. Sept. 22nd.
A trip to McDaniel’s farm market on Saturday evening had us ending up with Sunday’s project.
To see the results please visit Jay’s Jammin’
When getting ready to post today I glanced out the French doors and spotted a visitor in the back yard. He came from behind the shed, investigated the planting barrels,and crawled into two of them to find lunch.
Jay says it was a ground hog. The best I could do picture-wise was his body in the melon barrel. Attempts for a full picture didn’t turn out.
This is what you have to do when you don’t do what the doctor tells you to do.
1. You don’t walk on it!
But old brain dead me keeps stepping down on it without thinking.
2. You don’t spill water on it or walk on wet floors with it.
If you do the bottom wants to fall out of the heel of the cast!
(see rule one).
3. You try to keep it dry when you lean over the tub to wash your hair.
I find water splashing on my leg. the cast. and the floor after this project.
(see rule two)
4. Keep the foot elevated.
Easier said then done. (you know the whole thing is going to swell but it feels so good at the start to let it hang down).
Of course the pain from the cast againist foot and leg remind you to put it up stupid.
5. Call the nurse at the Doctor’s office about what to do.
Explain the cast disintegrating under the heel ( feeling stones when you walk on it), tell her when it is do to be changed (within two weeks), not knowing
whether to come in or not.
6. Nurse’s advice:
Find duct tape and reenforce the heel. Try to follow rule 1, 2, & 4 until your appointment time and call her if any problems occur.
So another worry is floating away like a feather on a breeze. Will I do it——I’ll try but you know being an old lady automaticly mean (yeah right, whatever you say, and maybe).
