A couple of weeks ago, we posted about our daughter’s broken foot – a case for universal health care. After a week in a splint, she finally got her cast on June 7. Before the orthopedic surgeon approved the cast, he went through his spiel about the possible ramifications of just getting the cast – possible early onset of arthritis, persistent pain, loss of flexibility in the foot. Megan nodded. “I’ll take the risk.”
So, Megan chose the color she wanted and the cast went on. The surgeon said she should come back in 4 weeks, they would take X-rays and if the bone was healed, she would be fitted with a boot. Since her foot had been in a splint for 10 days, he counted that time. It’s her right foot and that means she can’t drive until she learns to do so with her left foot. She has a knee scooter that makes it easier to get around her house and helps with dog-walking. We did some of that while I was there and I admire Megan’s tenacity. It’s awkward on a knee scooter, particularly with dogs that are high energy, but she did great.
I stayed another day to help her out with wine walk, an Orlando event that occurs every second Thursday a month. Customers pay $10 for the walk and make their way from bars to restaurants to shop for refills. Megan sets up her pet portraits on the porch of a dog bakery, Wolfgang’s, so she has a built-in audience and she usually gets commissions from wine walk. Here are the pet wine glasses she does – Nika and Noah, my birthday present!
Getting there entails a short drive, getting out the scooter, going up a driveway and three steps to the porch, then setting up her table and pet portraits, all without her placing any pressure on her broken foot. Challenging. She collects email addresses that she enters into a raffle and the winner wins a free pet wine glass.
The evening went well. Her foot didn’t hurt, felt more stable in the cast, but she still worried about whether she’d made the right decision. So the universe provided her with a confirmation synchro. And this one is incredible. She went out afterward with a friend and later texted me a photo of her and her friend sitting with four orthopedic surgeons (residents), all of whom looked at her foot X rays on her phone, and concurred she’d made the right choice – a cast versus surgery.
Okay, so what are the odds on this one?
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It’s called the computer trickster!
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Wow!!! Couldn’t ask for a more obvious confirmation! As a retired RN/RRT, in my early nursing years I worked in ER-Trauma at a big Atlanta hospital. Saw and helped treat lots and lots of broken bones. In that era, the docs always preferred a cast instead of surgery for bones in the foot, and once the swelling went down, the cast was put on. (However, the docs were required to also offer surgery as an option.) Through the decades I’ve seen patients who choose surgery, and those who choose casting. HUGE difference in permanent foot issues! My Mom broke her foot and chose surgery. She and my Dad often dressed up for social occasions, which meant beautiful high heels for Mom. After the foot surgery, she was NEVER again able to find a comfortable shoe
for that foot. My husband broke his foot , chose the cast, never has had any problems with that foot. In my experiences, this has been the norm: surgery results in permanent foot issues; casting, no post-cast issues. I’m SO glad Megan went with the cast! And again, WOW on that confirmation synchro! Cudos to Megan!! 🙂
Not sure what’s going on this time with the trash. Sorry!
Meant to be hunny, meant to be *smiles*
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That is such a great story. Made me smile. So happy for you and your daughter. She will heal better with the stress of her choice off her shoulders.
I think so, too. The synchro really did blow me away.