So I had my Orthopedics appointment today. He is pleased with my progress considering the pneumonia and all. Follow up in 6 weeks. By then he wants me walking either with or without a cane. Also at that point we'll look at PT. That's all the goodish news.
The badish news is once I'm full weight bearing and walking we'll be able to learn the extent of vascular or soft tissue damage I may have. It just kind of takes the wind out of your sails to learn that you still might not be ok and in the clear after you're mobile.
I have a difficult time wrapping my head around the severity of my accident. It was just something I had to get through. I didn't have time to contemplate that I could have lost my leg or that it could've been a "life changing injury" (doctor's words). Now I'm having to face the possibility that there may be more challenges to come. I'm not sure how much more I can handle.
