Well, it has been 2 weeks and 3 days since Kira had her surgery.
She had her right ankle and foot amputated. The doctor was able to go a lot lower down her leg then originally thought, so this is great news for her. We also learned that she will have a much easier time with her prosthetic leg, given her knee and hip joint have full range of motion.
There were a few very tough days after surgery. She felt terrible from the pain meds, and was depressed about loosing her foot.
I was getting worried about her on the second evening. Thankfully we were given the ok to go home on the 3rd day. Bart came with the liile kids to bring us home.
Once home and back in the chaos, she perked up. And once she was done with the meds, she did a 180.
She has mastered her walker, and is actually back at school!
She had her first post op check today, and everything looks great. We will go back in 2 weeks to have one more pressure dressing applied and hopefully start the fitting process for her new lower leg!
Claire
