Plantar Fasciotomy

This is Christina’s Mom, Judi, giving you an update on her (left foot) surgery today.

Christina came through like a champ! We went in at 6:15 am, we were home by 11:00 am.

Thank God, she has a minimum amount of pain.

We are keeping very busy keeping ice on the incision area –  30 minutes on, 15 minutes off. This is to be done for a week. After a few hours, we’ve gotten our routine down.

She is in good spirits and sleeping a lot.

Her focus for the next 7 days will be to keep the swelling down by keeping all weight off of her foot, to keep it elevated above her heart, and to keep it iced.

She asked me to thank you for your good thoughts, prayers, and support during this surgery and recovery period.

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An interesting thing happened this morning. We got up early and made our way to the surgery center. We finally found parking and walked two blocks east to the surgery center to check in.

We rode up the elevator to the second floor and upon stepping out of the elevator I pulled my ID out of my pocket to hand it  to the receptionist. I gave her my name and said that I was checking in for surgery.

She looked at her surgery list for the day and said, “Christina…. Your surgery was canceled because your doctor is ill. He called us last night around 10:40 and said that all of his patients had been called.”

I was shocked. I had geared myself up for this and spent two crazy weeks getting everything in place. Then nothing.

Even though it was very early we were hungry so we found a little restaurant. Afterward we fought our way through traffic to get home. That was a bit of an adventure.

When I got home I checked my answering machine and my doctor had called me at 8:59pm – but of course I was in San Francisco already when he called.

So I called my doctor’s office and his office assistant apologized several times. Well it was really no one’s fault that we didn’t get the message in time. My doctor couldn’t help it that he had the stomach flu and was in no position to do surgery.

I have been rescheduled for surgery on August 12th. So now I have two more weeks.

I didn’t sleep very well last night. For one thing I drank a lot of water because I couldn’t have any after midnight and I wanted to be sure that I was as hydrated as possible. I have small veins and they have a really hard time finding them if I’m dehydrated.

After I took care of a couple of phone calls I took a nap. A really long nap. I just woke up about a half hour ago and wanted to post asap to let you know that I didn’t have the surgery today.

I have a funny story to share about something that happened in San Francisco, but I’ll have to post later – after I wake up or possibly after I get some more rest.

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Wow! Tomorrow morning at this time I’ll be in surgery. My doctor, Dr. Marino, will be just about done with me and I’ll be headed to recovery shortly.

The last two weeks have been somewhat crazy. Who knew there would be so much to do to prepare for surgery!

I’m feeling pretty good about it. Everyone has been so encouraging and supportive. Not only does it mean a lot, but it really helps me feel better about it. Thank you!!

I’m headed to San Francisco this afternoon. I was able to get a good deal on hotel rooms at Priceline.com Hotels (save up to 50%) . I was able to get the Hilton by Fisherman’s Wharf for $130/room. It’s only 10 minutes from the surgery center. Woo hoo!

Nice huh? Too bad I don’t like clam chowder. LOL My brother-in-law, Doug Kelley told me about Priceline.com Hotels years ago and it’s one of the best things he ever shared with me! Now I can pay it forward and share it with you. Thanks, Doug!

Today I have a few more things to take care of around the house and office and I have about six hours to do it in. That’s a pretty good amount of time so I should be fine.

Then off to the city so I can relax a little before surgery.

Guess that’s my cue to get to work.  I’ll chat with you later!

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