Recovery Week 7 - STITCHES ARE OUT!!!

Oh my goodness! It has been a busy week! But on to the important things...

I GOT MY STITCHES OUT!!! 

So I went to the doctor on Friday morning and went in. My foot was so gross! I still had an old lady foot, so I was excited to hopefully be able to wash my foot! As you can see, you can totally tell where Katie scrubbed my heel. My foot was so gross like skin was flaking off... bleh! 

Anyways, my doctor came in and was looking at my foot and was pushing really hard on it to double check to make sure it would hold. He then told me that he thought he could take the stitches out. He started out slowly to make sure it wouldn't open again. He then started pushing really hard on it again, once the stitches were out, to see if it would open again. It held. He then started to scrape some of the dead skin off. As he did that he pulled off the big piece that was the outer layer. He then said, "You are the slowest healer, who is not diabetic, that I have ever seen." It started bleeding lightly, but not much. He put Steri-Strips on it and then a bandage, so my sock wouldn't get bloody. Not much blood, but enough to put a bandaid on it. He told me not to put any weight on it until after our next visit, which was to be in 2 weeks. He said the part he dislikes the most about it is that it is gonna scar. 

I then went to work all day and went home. My doctor told me I could wash my foot so as soon as I got home, that's exactly what I did! It was such an exciting experience! I was able to scrub a ton of dead skin off and oh my gosh it was disgusting but so exciting at the same time! The area around the incision hurt so I tried to keep the water off that area. I scrubbed all the dead skin off except for right around the incision area. The Steri-Strips were attached to the skin around the incision area so to keep them on for as long as possible, I left the skin in that area. Its gross looking, but it could be worse right?

Its been an adventure. The first night it hurt so so so bad! The following days haven't been too too bad... but still sore. I can't put weight on it yet so I'm just waiting...