Update:
At the prosthetist’s office I found out that I’ve got to let my leg heal
a bit longer before I can don my prosthesis.
Bummer! Probably at least another
week, maybe more… So much for having two
legs during my vacation! I’ll be riding
my wheelchair down in Missouri. I’ve got
to admit that the news brought me down for a short while. It’s a good thing I’ve been reading and
writing about maintaining your attitude.
I had to apply it all to myself this afternoon. I chose to focus on the good things: I’m
going on vacation and spending time with my brother, and ignore the
disappointing part. So what if some
other details aren’t going to be like I’d planned. I’m alive, I’m getting away for a while and I
get to be with my brother—and we are going to have a good time together.
I was given a double-length 4-inch wide ace bandage and shown how to
properly wrap my residual limb (that’s the shorter leg) at the office as
well. Wrapping the leg will help reduce
the swelling that I’ve been experiencing since not wearing my leg. There is a fancy looking figure eight pattern
that I am practicing tonight so I remember what they showed me at the
office. The wrap the prosthetist did was
much prettier looking than my results; of course when I make my bed or fold
laundry it never looks very good either.
It just isn’t where my gifts lie.
But the picture shows that despite it only being my second attempt, I
did a presentable job of it anyway.
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