Heal Jenna, Heal

We had a follow-up appointment with Dr Field today from her surgery last week.  He took xrays of both feet today.  The xray of the area from the surgery is looking as expected to him.  He said that it is repositioned as well as can be.  He did discover that the bone (metatarsal #2) in her right foot is not healing - this is the bone that has the plate on it that was a displaced/compound fracture.  Thankfully this is in the foot that requires her to stay off of for another 7 weeks.

She has been given the OK to start putting a little weight on her left foot.  He warned her to be careful as she will have shooting pain that will take her breath away and might knock her over is she is not stable.  Not a good thing with a non-weight bearing restriction on her other foot.  She will start putting a little weight on her left foot at home over the next week and go from there.  He told her to make note of how she feels at night regarding her left foot and to compare it in the morning (she should be stiff in the morning) and if it doesn't improve, he will have to look into why she is not improving.  He just wants her to be aware of what to look for and to not worry.

He is also looking into seeing if our insurance will cover the cost of a bone stimulator to help Jenna's bone with the plate heal faster.  It is showing very little improvement compared to the other bones that were injured.  He explained that this could be because the break is in the narrowest part of the bone where the blood supply is less.

Jenna will see him next Tuesday to have the stitches removed and more follow up.