hello!
not been around much lately, i'll tell you my tale......
i was working in the field gateway, and cloudy (my pony) decided he wanted some attention. he was nudging me in the back, and i overbalanced and went down onto my all fours. he decided this was a great game and that it would be a good idea to step over me and take the chance to escape....well, in the process, he managed to stand on both my calves.
i spent 2 nights in hospital for monitoring, and all seemed to be ok.
my right calf is healing ok, a bit mishapen, that may or may not resolve.
the lft, however, began to blister, then turn black. so, after 2 courses of antibiotics, several dressing changes etc, it was decided that i should be reffered to the plastic surgeons. they decided to debride (cut out) the affected area. this entailed another couple of days in hospital.
so, now, i have a rather large hole in my leg, and a speceila dressing with a vac pump attatched, which both sucks away the fluid and gunk, and encourages the wound to heal from its base up. depending on how well the pump works, i may or may not need a skin graft in due course.
now, i'm not the best at not being active, and fighting the old down in the dumps devil is not that easy. but, it will heal, i just need to be patient! and i feel so guilty being off work! poor steve has been running around after me, and his mum has been great, taking on all my jobs as well as running the house and sorting out cups of tea for all my visitors.
there are pics on fb for the less squamish........
