Wednesday, October 14, 2009

My crazy life!

Everything in the pregnancy was going so well, however, now I have broken my leg/ankle in four different places. On Sunday morning I slipped at the top of our stairs and caught myself with my right leg/ankle. John had just boarded an airplane to come back to Dallas, therefore, I was home alone. I could instantly tell it was broken and was able to use my cell phone to call 911. After calling 911 the ambulance transported me to the hospital. Once arriving to the hospital and being checked out we found out that the baby was doing just fine. They took xrays and found that I had broken both bones in my leg right above the ankle. I had a spiral fracture on one bone that resulted in 3 breaks and a single break on the other bone. They informed me that I would require immediate surgery. John made it to the hospital before the surgery and was able to take very good care of me. I then had surgery and they put a plate and several screws in place. My Mom flew down Sunday night and made it to my room right after surgery. John and Mom have been amazing nurses. I am now at home with my right leg in a sterile splint, 5 month pregnant and unable to do anything without crutches. On the 22nd I will be going back to the Dr. to have him check the swelling and hopefully he'll be able to cast it. Mom is taking me to the OB tomorrow to double check on our munchkin. She has also made an unbelieveable amount of food to keep in the freezer to help John with keeping us fed. This has been an incredible journey so far and I would have never been able to make it through the surgery and pain without my fantastic husband and beloved Mom. See below for the pics of my new ankle.

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  1. Oh my gosh! I cannot believe the x-rays. Gail said you were in good spirits yesterday. You and your little munchkin are in our prayers. I wish we lived closer so we could help out too. Love to all of you.
    Aunt Joan

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