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canyonwalkerFor the past 12 days Hawk has been going through a familiar process of recovery from having foot surgery. It's familiar because this was Foot Surgery II: The Other Foot. But this is also a case where the sequel is better, or at least less bad, than the original. That's because this recovery is going faster.
On Day 12 today we went to the monthly flea market at De Anza Community College in Cupertino. Hawk wheeled around with her knee scooter covering quite a bit of distance as we rolled/walked/kick-pedaled up and down the long aisles in the parking lot a few times. And this wasn't her first outing with the scooter. We went out to eat together last night as well as once earlier this past week.
One of the reasons Hawk's recovery is going better with Surgery II is that she doesn't have an infection in the wound site like she did with Surgery I. That's giving her an overall lower amount of pain level to contend with. In particular, she doesn't have the burning feeling in the wound site that she did last time. Last time she had that burning feeling right away after drugs from the surgery wore off. We think now that she got the infection during surgery, not from having the stitches removed too soon at Day 14. Though still, fuck Dr. Yips for removing the stitches too early and not seeing the signs of infection, and also being a misogynist douche who mocks female patients and female clinical staff.
Without an infection in the wound this time, markers of Hawk's recovery seem to be coming quicker. Here at Day 12 she's already at, say, where she was at Day 16 (or later) last time. I say that from gauging her energy level moving around. Yes, she still needs to rest after an outing, but there's no face-planting in her pancakes like last time.
She'll likely get the splint removed and replaced with a boot at her clinical followup this coming week on Day 20. Yes, that's later than last time; but IMO that's because the doctors are playing cautious because doing it on Day 14 last time was too soon. Or because that's the day that fits their schedules. 🤷 Though again, it was too early last time not because Day 14 was too soon but because the wound got infected, and because the doctor who subbed in at Day 14 was a douche who missed the signs of infection (despite being a physician with 30+ years of experience!) and brushed off Hawk's reports of pain as yet-another weak woman whining.
I am optimistic that subsequent markers of Hawk's recovery will continue to arrive ahead of schedule. In particular, I'm thinking that by Week 3 this time she might be where she was at Week 5 last time. We'll see.
On Day 12 today we went to the monthly flea market at De Anza Community College in Cupertino. Hawk wheeled around with her knee scooter covering quite a bit of distance as we rolled/walked/kick-pedaled up and down the long aisles in the parking lot a few times. And this wasn't her first outing with the scooter. We went out to eat together last night as well as once earlier this past week.
One of the reasons Hawk's recovery is going better with Surgery II is that she doesn't have an infection in the wound site like she did with Surgery I. That's giving her an overall lower amount of pain level to contend with. In particular, she doesn't have the burning feeling in the wound site that she did last time. Last time she had that burning feeling right away after drugs from the surgery wore off. We think now that she got the infection during surgery, not from having the stitches removed too soon at Day 14. Though still, fuck Dr. Yips for removing the stitches too early and not seeing the signs of infection, and also being a misogynist douche who mocks female patients and female clinical staff.
Without an infection in the wound this time, markers of Hawk's recovery seem to be coming quicker. Here at Day 12 she's already at, say, where she was at Day 16 (or later) last time. I say that from gauging her energy level moving around. Yes, she still needs to rest after an outing, but there's no face-planting in her pancakes like last time.
She'll likely get the splint removed and replaced with a boot at her clinical followup this coming week on Day 20. Yes, that's later than last time; but IMO that's because the doctors are playing cautious because doing it on Day 14 last time was too soon. Or because that's the day that fits their schedules. 🤷 Though again, it was too early last time not because Day 14 was too soon but because the wound got infected, and because the doctor who subbed in at Day 14 was a douche who missed the signs of infection (despite being a physician with 30+ years of experience!) and brushed off Hawk's reports of pain as yet-another weak woman whining.
I am optimistic that subsequent markers of Hawk's recovery will continue to arrive ahead of schedule. In particular, I'm thinking that by Week 3 this time she might be where she was at Week 5 last time. We'll see.
