First steps

Happy birthday Mikayla

I had a few excursions over the last two weeks or so.

On Tuesday, April 9, my wife and I visited my parents' on their 46th anniversary. This was my first time out without the knee scooter. I didn't do a lot of walking but it was still a nice milestone. Stairs are quite awkward with the aircast, but I'm happy for the progress. We celebrated an evening out with dinner at Legends!

On Sunday, the 14th, we went to my niece's birthday party, again without the scooter. I had an awesome time with family. And my foot wasn't much worse for wear at the end of the day.

My replacement

Then on Monday, the 15th, we visited my workplace for an hour or so at the end of the day - this time with the scooter because more mobility was required. Krista carried the scooter up the stairs to get into the building (no, the building is still not handicap accessible). A few coworkers were not in but I was able to catch up a little with over a dozen of my peeps. Great times. A few of them took the scooter for a spin to compare it with the one I had rented for the previous recovery period. I prefer this one, but it has an annoying squeak at times.

Garrett, brake testing

James, cornering

Today, Tuesday, the 23rd, I had a fracture clinic appointment at Grand River Hospital again. I had expected this to be the final appointment, but it didn't turn out that way. Dr Stevens, the surgeon, wants to see me walk in street shoes before closing my file. No more x-rays are needed unless I have more pain, but I need to come back in five weeks. I expect to have been driving for a few weeks by that time. Since visits to the hospital in Kitchener take a fair amount of time, I am usually exhausted afterwards. This time was no exception, and my foot had swollen fairly extensively having been confined in the aircast for eight hours. I had it off only for the x-ray and examination.