A Brief Update

Well....I finished Ben-Hur. Talk about drama. I have some time now and think it might be the season to get the movie from the library, all 210 minutes of it. I have about that much laundry to fold so...it would be a good mix.

I spend part of the morning downstairs so I can correspond, do laundry and look around my studio. But I prefer not to go and down too much, that's hard with crutches. I use one crutch most of the time but do shuffle around without at times. Depends on the pain.


!!!!Warning: Graphic description of wound may be disturbing for sensitive readers..accompanying image may be disturbing for the fashion sensitive !!!! Just wanted you to know that I decided to tone down the garish display that would have been my winter foot wear. So I'm trying to down play the extent of my fashion faux pas for those of you who would be concerned about such things..... :)

I don't have too much pain and try to move my ankle to different positions so the skin doesn't seize... Speaking of skin. There is less of me today than there was yesterday. This morning's visit to have my dressings changed and have the doctor see me, ended up with the burn being debrided. Which means they took the old folded skin away. It lifted clean away without pulling and was relatively painless. They have special tweezers and scissors for that.... Wow a tool for every job....just like in scrapbooking and cardmaking. So...the last blister came off too and now it is all open. This is quite uncomfortable and they poured a lovely cleansing solution over it before the new dressings were put on. This really stung and added to the discomfort. But...it is getting better all the time. Someone brought bon-bons and that really, really helps. Very medicinal. I was supposed to see a resident but one of the regular doctor's was there, got down right on the floor and got busy with the scissors. Then the resident was called to come in and have a look and make some commentary and learn. I'm a good patient and they didn't need the extra man power to restrain me. I'm all for teaching and all that, but today.....I was happy to be in experienced hands.

I have to go back tomorrow to have the dressing changed and then they will leave it on for 72 hours. Monday morning is my next appointment.

So that's about it for today. Someone gives me a ride to the doctor's office everyday. Someone is bringing supper everyday. I'm so blessed and well cared for. But...I do hope to be on my feet again soon.

This morning I read, "The Shack". Has anyone else read it? How do you feel about it?