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canyonwalkerYesterday, Christmas Eve, Hawk had another followup with her podiatrist. It's been now 10 weeks since her surgery and three weeks since her last followup. Christmas Eve may seem like a strange time to see the doctor for a followup. Indeed, the schedule on the wall showed half the doctors in the department out on leave. But we don't celebrate Christmas (we're not religious) and after her week 7 followup showed things progressing but not as fast as expected (stuff went sideways in weeks 2-4 due to a bad substitute doctor) Hawk was keen to get her next checkup on schedule and not let it slip out as much as two weeks due to holidays. Oh, and things went sideways again last weekend, so Hawk was eager to see a trusted specialist to get her diagnosis of the situation.
Long story short, it was good news yesterday. Call it the Christmas present we were hoping for on the 24th. 🤣 The bones in the toe are fusing correctly, and Hawk can now walk in a regular shoe. She's on track for being able to get the next operation in a month. The sideways stuff that happened over the weekend is still sideways, but the doc says it will resolve itself within 2 weeks with educated self care.
One way we celebrated good news after past checkups is by going out to eat. Even if only to Denny's. With the 24th being Christmas Eve there was an additional tradition to follow....
Chinese food!
Hawk grew up in a Jewish family, and at least among American Jews, going out to eat for Chinese food on Christmas Eve is a tradition.
We tried a new-to-us Chinese restaurant in Sunnyvale, Epic Dumpling. The menu is huge, and despite the restaurant's humble appearance the food arrives with beautiful visual presentation. But some of the flavors were not to my taste. For example, the filling in the steamed pork buns was candy-sweet. And a beef dish I ordered came full of cucumbers, which weren't listed as an ingredient in the description. I hate cucumbers. Given how hard it was dealing with language barriers just to order our food I decided it wasn't worth the effort trying to send the food back to have it remade.
Long story short, it was good news yesterday. Call it the Christmas present we were hoping for on the 24th. 🤣 The bones in the toe are fusing correctly, and Hawk can now walk in a regular shoe. She's on track for being able to get the next operation in a month. The sideways stuff that happened over the weekend is still sideways, but the doc says it will resolve itself within 2 weeks with educated self care.
One way we celebrated good news after past checkups is by going out to eat. Even if only to Denny's. With the 24th being Christmas Eve there was an additional tradition to follow....
Chinese food!
Hawk grew up in a Jewish family, and at least among American Jews, going out to eat for Chinese food on Christmas Eve is a tradition.
We tried a new-to-us Chinese restaurant in Sunnyvale, Epic Dumpling. The menu is huge, and despite the restaurant's humble appearance the food arrives with beautiful visual presentation. But some of the flavors were not to my taste. For example, the filling in the steamed pork buns was candy-sweet. And a beef dish I ordered came full of cucumbers, which weren't listed as an ingredient in the description. I hate cucumbers. Given how hard it was dealing with language barriers just to order our food I decided it wasn't worth the effort trying to send the food back to have it remade.
