August 30, 2007

Mandy has been having a busy summer. Her surgery went well. (You can see the first "big" cast in the picture to the left. It has since been replaced with a normal sized hot pink one.) Christine updates us on the surgery below.

She also had a fantastic birthday celebration and enjoyed a dinner out with Kurt to celebrate. But the biggest news of all is that she is working with her rehabilitation team to return to work one day a week after Labor Day. She's not quite ready resume her old job yet, but the team feels confident that she's ready to resume some office tasks and Brinker has been great about working to help make that happen. We're all very excited about this big step back towards her old life.

From Christine,"Amanda's surgery went very well, no problems at all! Her surgeon seemed elated at how well it went! From what I understand, he doesn't normally show much personality, so this is great! She is in a "beautiful" mood, as usual! She's to only walk, as needed, on her heel for a few days. This big foot will be around for about 6-8 weeks. She has pins sticking out of the top of her 4 smallest toes, and some screws in the big toe, correcting the dislocation. She is a bit worried about how much pain there will be when the meds wear off, and concerned about the showers will go. Other than that, all is well!"