My Life

To say that things have been easy while Doug's been gone would be a lie. However, it also hasn't been excruciatingly difficult...at least not most of the time. I've been on crutches for eight weeks. I've been in a boot for 12 weeks and Doug has been gone for 14 weeks. My sanity is starting to wear thin, but Doug has his check ride today and will hopefully be home tomorrow night. I feel its been one week overdue for having someone here to help me. I would love to say that all this time in the boot and on crutches has paid off, but my foot doesn't feel any better today than it did almost four months ago when the injury happen. I have my second MRI scheduled for Friday and so the MRI should tell us more about what is going on inside my foot. The difficult part about this is that its been impossible to stay off the foot completely. I've found the worst situation for me is being in the kitchen. If I didn't have to make 3 meals a day for the kids and clean up after them then I might be in a little better position than I am right now, but, who knows, maybe not. Also, being diligent with keeping Jacob on a gluten free diet doesn't afford us with the ability to go out and eat. In the last three weeks its been even more challenging because he is now on a gluten free and dairy free diet. I'll write more about that in another post. As for me, I've done everything I could to try and get this foot healed, but it has been a stuggle to stay motivated and do what needs to be done when I haven't seen any changes. I'm praying that having Doug home will turn the tide so this injury can heal. I don't want surgery and I know this is any injury that can take six months to a year to heal, but boy is it hard to be patient and diligent.