So by no means do I want to spend a significant amount of time talking about this, but I do know that some of you truly care and are interested in what's been going on. So let me make it short and sweet:
I had a little fall rock climbing, but a big injury. I landed in an unforunate spot on the padding and crushed my talus (google it). I've gotten one surgery (10 weeks ago) to put 3 screws in and get the bone back in one piece. That surgery went well and the bone is healing. When I fell I destroyed the majority of the cartilage and blood vessels in my ankle, as well as knocked my heel out of place as caused a little section of my bone (on the talus) to collapse. I got a call today letting me know that I will be getting a small bone graph as well as my subtalar joint fused together in about 6 weeks to straighten everything out and place my heel back in the correct position. This will limit the movement of my ankle to only an up and down motion permanently. Hopefully this will be the last surgery. I'll be on crutches for about another 4-5 months with a lot of physical therapy for the next year or so. There are obviously a lot of long term issues involved with a fusion, but the only one I have any concern about is that the blood will not flow properly to the bone resulting in the deterioration of it. I have no idea what would happen if that was the case. So hopefully it wont even be an issue!
The Lord has given me a lot of peace about it, and (most days) I'm fine. I'm a completely healthy human besides this! And I refuse to believe that I wont be back at doing ridiculously foolish things as soon as possible.
If you could join me in prayer for healing as well as wisdom for the doctors, that would be just fantastic!
