Change of Plans

I made this blog a few weeks ago thinking that it would be a cool way to record my travel adventures. I was going to start with my upcoming trip to Scottsdale, AZ in April with my sister and her friends for Spring Break.

Unfortunately last Wednesday night I was Irish Dancing in a St. Patrick's Day Show at Gaelic Park in Oak Forest when I ruptured my left Achilles tendon. I thought I broke my ankle because I heard something loud pop. I didn't know that a tendon snapping could make that kind of noise. I was mostly just shocked when It happened. I couldn't figure out why I was on the ground at first because I didn't fall. My leg just gave out when the tendon snapped. Looking back I should probably have been embarrassed to be laying in the middle of the stage in front of 200ish people, but at the time the pain was intense. My dance teacher had a wheelchair (thank god!) I don't know how I would have gotten out of there without an ambulance then. My sister drove us back to the North side and my mom and I went to the ER at Lutheran General Hospital (If you need to go to the ER, seriously go there). It had the best ER I have ever been to. The people we so nice and helpful.

I followed up with an Orthopedic Surgeon at the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute on Friday. He said surgery is my only option followed by a cast for a month and a boot for 2- 3 months. And physical therapy for 6 months. A LONG process. Unfortunately during that amount of time I am in a wedding. I am hoping I will not be ruining Meg & Karl's wedding pictures with a big black ugly boot. My Doc said he would try to have me in a (flat of course) shoe by then. So fingers crossed.

I have moved back into my parent's house for my recovery because let's be honest, I need help. I have never been on crutches before and they suck. My surgery is scheduled for sometime on Tuesday. I have also never had surgery before... sigh. I cannot believe my first plaster cast is going to be at the age of 23. Although I hope I get to pick the color. If I have to stare at it for a month it might as well look good.So now that I have ALOT of free time. I am going to blog. Expect updates and probably a picture or two of my cast. I really am pretty bored.

BAS