Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Not Yet




The doctor had hoped we could remove my splint today, but no.  The break is at the bottom of the picture, at the base of my small toe and as anybody can see, it has some mending to do yet.  We are to go back in two weeks.

Meanwhile, Leonidas said my bandages were ugly, and I decided he was right.  So I knitted a big sock from a Christmas stocking pattern but custom-fitted, to cover the splint and bandages.  The sock keeps the splint clean and in place.  (Sleeping in bed was causing the bandages to slip and loosen.)


Meanwhile, Demetrios has been a saint, never once complaining of having to do the housework - and, I venture to say, getting quite a education from it.  I feel bad he has to do at least two more weeks of it, though.

I am more mobile than I used to be, on account of having learned quite well how to use my little rolling chair, and on account of hurting much less than I did at first.  

6 comments:

elizabeth said...

Nice sock :) it is hard to wait, is it not? sorry for this! the latest education in patience...

DebD said...

love the sock! Too bad about needing two more weeks, but at least it isn't surgery.

GretchenJoanna said...

God speed your healing! That sock is very cheery and royal. Christ is risen!

Anastasia Theodoridis said...

Thanks, everyone. Elizabeth, I don't suppose one can rightly complain abut an education in patience! Heaen knows I need that education.

Deb, yes, how thankful I am it doesn't need surgery, especially in a Greek hospital. Yesterday, fumbling with a handful of x-rays and papers, I asked the doctor whether perhaps he had a large envelope for me to put them in. He smiled and said, "We don't have a lot of things even more basic than that."

Royal? Well, thank you, GretchenJoanna! I keep saying if only I could persuade people to be my subjects... !

Anam Cara said...

Well, if I am ever in a splint, I know where to order my sock now! That must have kept you busy for awhile. I love the color. Enjoy the break from housework. You'll be back at it soon enough.

Elizabeth @ The Garden Window said...

I do love your sock but am sad that the break is taking its time to heal....