PT and the toe

Jillian had pt today. It was going to be next week but because of scheduling we moved it to this week; plus we are not going anywhere today (I'll write about that in a minute).

Pt was surprised that Jillian is not walking like crazy yet. At first she watched Jillian walk in straight lines and was surprised even more that she was not an independent walker. 

Then we pin pointed some of the problems are: 

1. She struggles with turns. She is great walking in a straight line for 7-12 steps at time. However as soon as she starts to turn she falls 

2. She has trouble standing without pulling up on something. By this point she should be better at standing without holding onto something and should not need to pull herself on furniture to get up. 

We talked about a few different things to try to help her with these skills

So since our life on a normal day is not our own level of crazy... My clumsiness decided to add to the crazy. 

Tuesday night I got home from work and went to cook dinner. On the stove was a dirty fry pan and lid from the night before. I picked it up to set it on the counter and in that process the lid slid off and landed on my foot... Mainly the base of my big toe. 

After I rolled around on the floor crying for a minute Brent helped me to the couch and I put my foot up and iced it. I did not want to run to the dr right away because I was hoping it would just sting for a minute. Well an hour later my big toe would not bend. I am a person who bruises easily but I don't really swell. 

Brent took me to the walk-in clinic in lake Geneva. Luckily there was no other patients there. They took me back and did my blood pressure and then took me right to X-ray. Then the dr came in. She said that there was no large break but she was unsure why it would not bend. She said it could be a small hairline fracture that they could not see since it is a toe. They wrapped it and then put me in a post op shoe and told me to keep it elevated and weight off of it. I kinda laughed since I have a jilli.  

My Grammy has come over the past two days to help me out. I hate this helpless feeling. I can't go to work... I can't do much with jilli... I can't do most things I want to get done. I'm trying to just relax and not get frustrated too much and take this as God saying I needed to sit on my butt for a little bit. I am so grateful for the people who have helped out. Dan for watching jilli and putting her to bed by himself so Brent could take me to the walk in. For Jaime and Jason for bring dinner over last night so I did not have to worry about that. For my grandmother for coming over and doing our dishes and vacuuming the floor. For Brent doing the jilli things that I normally do. I'm really grateful. I'm going back to the dr tomorrow so they can look at it since the toe is still not bending. Hopefully it will heal quickly and I can get back to doing all the things I need to do and love. 

I dented the lid... With my toe