<VV> Headbanging/sitting/leg update<humor-some corvair>

[Ken Wildman]

At 08:14 AM 8/3/2006, LonzoVair at aol.com wrote:
>Ken,
>That's my typical method of getting into the cars... but these feet of mine
>are just a little bit too big for some car doors... I wear a 16, usually my
>work  boots (they're actually more comfortable than my sneakers)... newer 
>cars
>are even more impossible to extract myself from..... the Greenbriers are  the
>only things I have that I could climb into feet first.... well, FOOT  first.
>
>As for the leg, I believe it's healing nicely... the church youth group  went
>to a local (2 hour drive) amusement park last week... Holiday World in  Santa
>Claus, Indiana.... that's the CLEANEST park I've ever seen... oldest one  in
>the USA, they say... I rode the log ride and the "raging rapids" round thing
>with some of the kids... had a blast, got soaked, and then I sat and "people
>watched" the rest of the day... by the time to leave my leg was swollen so
>much  I ended up sleeping in the recliner with my boot still on-couldn't 
>take it
>off  due to the swelling....  it was down by the next morning... needless to
>say  I did absolutely nothing the next day.
>
>The swelling is a common occurrence, but not usually that severe... and the
>pain is there first thing in the morning (more likely caused by stiffness) 
>but
>  it works itself out in a matter of minutes... then by 3 or 4 (depending on
>my  activity level) it's starting to hurt with each step... so I just take it
>easy  from there on out... I do my stretching exercises in the morning, just
>trying to  keep from tearing my Achilles tendon...
>
>I'm still walking with a cane, but it sure beats the hell out of those
>crutches...
>So, tell me, how's Mrs. Penny doing with her arm? Let her know that Cheryl
>and I are thinking of her, and pray she's on the road to recovery...
>

Sounds like you are making progress on the leg.  Penny is doing pretty 
well.  The splint came off today.  There is one heck of a lot of stuff 
poking out of her arm and hand.  Two posts at either end of a metal bar 
external "fixator", and the ends of several pins.  They removed the sutures 
today and will start pulling pins in two weeks.  The fixator might come out 
in 4 weeks or it might be 6 or 8 weeks.  She feels better without the heavy 
splint.

Our next big goal is to get permission to travel to the Ultra National in 
mid-September.  Surgeon says "Maybe".

Since Penny can't sign anything with her left hand she gave me the secret 
location of the checkbook.  I'm busy planning on some fun purchases.   <grin>

Take care, and best to your family.
Ken