Hip, hip, hip, hooray!
I WALK without a leg brace. I didn't say I run! But I got the green light today. Although I see the surgeon on Monday afternoon for the surgery follow up, the MPT who has seen me since my ski fall, was confident that I could do it.
And I did!
So now, as long as I am at home, I can walk around on my two feet. What a great feeling it is to retrieve the use of my legs! I will forever be grateful to the people who have been taking care of me since my accident. I'm far from being finished, but today marks a big step.
Now, that I am seven weeks past surgery, I remember the important steps since then:
- immobility for a week
- two crutches and a leg brace
- one crutch, a leg brace
- no crutches, a leg brace
- no leg brace, TWO FEET
During the following weeks, I will be focusing on strength exercises and fluidity of my gait.
And of course, I should not forget to ice as often as six times a day.
Today is a perfect spring day here in the California foothills and I feel like going on a hike.
I cannot yet but this morning, as I made my first steps out of the brace, I was on top of the world.
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