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Yesterday Brian was supposed to start radiation however the machine was down so they rescheduled for today. While we were waiting for radiation we ran into our patient care coordinator who stopped to say hi. We told her about our incident on Sunday evening. She looked at Brian's foot called our Dr. to see if we could be seen. We rushed up to their office where they decided we needed to be seen by an orthopedic surgeon. At least they gave Brian crutches so he could get around somewhat.



This morning at the orthopedic surgeon they took more x-rays of his foot and found that Brian fractured 4 out of 5 metatarsals in his right foot. They couldn't get a good look at one of the fractures that might be displaced so we will have a CT scan this afternoon. From this they will decide if he will need surgery or not.



The crutches are very fatiguing for Brian especially since he is on chemo and starting radiation. It is tiring to even get to the bathroom. We discussed this with the Dr. and ordered for Brian to have a walker. Yep 25 and already using a walker (wheeled walker so it is cooler!). This thing is so BIG, I couldn't help but laugh when the sales lady brought it out. It is a Cadillac of all wheeled walkers.


Currently, Brian has a splint on (basically a handmade soft cast). Once the swelling has gone down they will give him a hard cast. He will have this on for 8+weeks. Since it is his right foot he can't drive anywhere. So I will have to take him back and forth to work (once he can return) and all his appointments every day.

Oh my what a year! Let's just say we hope 2011 goes much better.

P.S. I must apologize to Brian for making him do ROM exercises and trying to bare weight on it. I was trying to help him recover since it wasn't 'broken'. He was not a happy camper...now I know why. I have made this up by waiting on him all day- with a smile on my face!