Laken was happy to get out of the house today even if it was for a surgery follow up.
We arrive in Katy a few minutes early and decided to take advantage of it by stopping for a smoothie. 
After signing we have a short wait before we are called to the back and Dr. Pederson’s nurse begins to cut the splint in two. This is our first time to see the scars and exactly what was done. Here it is folks.
Sorry for all you squeamish ones. 
The nurse get the splint off and leaves it dressed, telling us Dr. Pederson will be the one to undress evaluate and then send us to the cast room.
Lyndsey (PA) soon comes in and begins undressing the wounds and examining the scars. Again sorry if you get light headed from these images. Trust me it hurts more in this end. 
The zigzag at the knee is to keep pressure off the incision to prevent the dehiscence that was present after the last surgery. The incision is much larger than we expected as the Dr. had to come further down toward the knee to cut the nerve out. The incision at the ankle isn’t healing quite as fast as the knee and it too is much larger than we thought. All in all we went into surgery expecting ankle to knee so this is better than the original expectation however large it may be.
After Lyndsey and Dr. Pederson examine and look at everything we are told she will be on bed rest and have a cast for the next two weeks.
Mark “The Dude” comes in and starts prepping for the cast. He goes and grabs all his needed tools and comes back to begin. “This is the cool part!”
Mark joked with her and said that if she needs a new cast in 2 weeks she was going to have to go a more festive route.
So now we head home to wait the two weeks with Laken in bed. She is still pretty weak and tires easily is somewhat mobile but has to have help to and fro and a waitress.
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