Another round...

Finally took Amy to the PCM to have her ankle checked out. It was 2 weeks ago yesterday that it began hurting and swelling and became discolored. At one point we thought it was going away, but last night it looked pretty swollen and purple and was extremely sensitive to touch. Amy iced her feet/ankles all night, but this morning it was still hurting. The Dr thinks she has a "carpal tunnel" thing going on in her left ankle...she called it something else, but that's pretty much what it is. Not sure how it happened and not much to be done other than trying another nerve medicine. As Amy says, "oh boy...another pill!" She's being a trooper, considering.
On a good note, we finally got her Colorado handicapped placard for the car, so now when she's having a rough day we can park closer to things and she won't have to walk as far. That was long overdue, so we're quite happy about it. The "aircasts" are still helping and she picked out some pretty crazy knee socks to wear under them. That's my girl! Yesterday we were having lunch out and the waiter said, "hey, nice shin guards!" Amy told him they were leg braces and he felt pretty small until she smiled to let him know she's ok with them. He said that he hoped she got better soon, and Amy had to bite her tongue to keep from joking "unless the cancer kills me first!" Not sure he would have understood her crazy sense of humor. I'm glad she's able to joke around to put people at ease but that would have been rough! Today she joked about how she could become the first ever peg-legged chef. Hmmm. At any rate, she's in good spirits today and is hanging in there.
We've had Laura home for a few days, but she leaves tonight. Ian is taking the bus down from Denver so he can ride back with her. He's been amazing this summer with all she's had going on. It'll be great to see him even if it's a quick turnaround. If only I'd had time to get to the grocery since our Arizona trip! Looks like it's a Chinese take-out night. Will things ever settle down around here?