Saturday: September 5
Today I broke my foot. Nice doctor in Payson informed me I have ONE broken bone.. no surgery required. (sigh of relief) He says go to an Orthopedic Surgeon on Tuesday to get a cast for 6-8 weeks. (6-8 weeks! You have got to be kidding me! That's so long!)
Tuesday: September 8
Today I crutched to the Orthopedic Surgeon very excited to get my cast.. This broken foot all out in the open is starting to get annoying. "Rich doctor who steals our money" comes in and says, "your x-rays from payson aren't very good.. you need to go get more and a CT scan" (You've got to be kidding me)
At this point I'm slightly perturbed.. I had to miss school (again) and off we go to the imaging center. Lots of paperwork and some more radiation damage for me.
Wednesday: September 9
Today my brand new Sony Laptop crashed. (Just thought I'd add that in since we are talking about bad luck).
Went back to the Orthopedic Surgeon and gave them the x-rays and CT scans. "Rich doctor who charges us bottomloads of money for his "professional opinion" comes in after an hour and says, "The results say you have not ONE but THREE broken bones, and also you have the possibility of a lisfranc fracture and may need surgery" (a lis-a-what fracture and why does the word surgery send a shooting pain to my stomach?) The man continues to say, "You need to go see a foot and ankle specialist in Phoenix right now."
We get in the car and I ask my mom if its ok if I have a breakdown... She says yes.
After my breakdown we arrive in Phoenix. I nervously crutch to the doctors office where we sit and fill out more paperwork.. I miss more school.. an hour later we get called back.
Super professional looking man walks in with his lab coat and all. He looks at my x-rays and CT scans and without the slightest sympathy decides to inform me, "you DO indeed has a lisfranc fracture. This only happens 1:55,000 times a year, it would have been better if you would have broken your ankle. I will be putting a plate in your third medatarsal as well as a screw in your first medatarsal and screws across your lisfranc joint. You'll have a cast for 6 weeks, be on a walking boot for 6 weeks, full recovery will take place after a YEEEAAARRR. possibility of arthritis post surgery would lead to fusion of the joint and dancing will not be in your future.
During this speech I was uncontrollably sobbing and the second he left I broke down and informed my mother I will be giving up on life now... haha i'm so dramatic.
SOOOO!!! Long story short I am going in for surgery on Monday. I'm very nervous but friends and family have helped me feel alot better about my situation and I know that through prayer and FAITH and lots of natural medicine ;) I'll be able to have a full recovery and hopefully get back to dancing sooner than they predicted.
WISH ME LUCK!
