You may be wondering why I have a picture of my mama's foot and what's that little white dot at the top of her second toe?
She will be embarrassed that I'm posting pictures of her "Halloween" foot, but this is definitley worth documenting! She has - I mean, had - all sorts of foot problems - a bonion, a hammertoe, a heal spur, neuroma, and plantar fasciitis. Two of the maladies have been fixed and hopefully will make all of the other issues less severe.
That white "dot" is the top of a pin going down the center of that second toe! Yi-yi-yi! {said with a shiver!} The doctor actually broke her second toe that had the hammertoe and the pin is there to try to straighten it out. But it wasn't just one toe that was broken; it was two! The doctor also had to cut open the inside of her foot, break that big toe too, install hardware for a new and improved joint, and go in a scrape the "knuckle" of her big toe for the bonion. Ooch!
Today, after three weeks with the pin and crutches, they took that pin out and Mama is sporting a lovely, blue, stylish, velcro boot and she can actually put her weight on her foot again (sort of)! She's been told that she has good bones and I think that she definitely has been a good patient and a good sport about the whole endevor!
That white "dot" is the top of a pin going down the center of that second toe! Yi-yi-yi! {said with a shiver!} The doctor actually broke her second toe that had the hammertoe and the pin is there to try to straighten it out. But it wasn't just one toe that was broken; it was two! The doctor also had to cut open the inside of her foot, break that big toe too, install hardware for a new and improved joint, and go in a scrape the "knuckle" of her big toe for the bonion. Ooch!
Today, after three weeks with the pin and crutches, they took that pin out and Mama is sporting a lovely, blue, stylish, velcro boot and she can actually put her weight on her foot again (sort of)! She's been told that she has good bones and I think that she definitely has been a good patient and a good sport about the whole endevor!
with "soles,"
Dawn
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