Yesterday Christina ventured out of her room (and bed) and was able to sit in our stuffed chair in the livingroom for a while, of course we had pillows piled high on the ottomon to keep her foot elevated.

We have hooked her laptop to the internet (with an extended ethernet cord) so and she can get some work done while sitting propped up in her bed.

This evening she (and I) faced the challenge of her bathing in the shower. She can’t get her foot wet so we had to be inventive. First we rolled and then wrapped a hand towel around her leg, then put a plastic garbage bag over her foot and lower leg. We then used a long kitchen towel and tied that around the plastic bag being sure we also tied it around the hand towel to keep it in place. Lastly we tied the plastic garbage bag to keep it tight against her leg. Then we placed a bathtub chair in the shower. She was able to sit on the chair, hang her foot out of the shower door while I keep the shower door shut as much as possible to prevent water splashing all over the floor. WahLah….it actually worked! When we removed the plastic bag and all the towels, her foot was dry and the hand towel had very little moisture on it. Good Job Christina!