Lots going On. Nothing Terribly Good. Except the Garden.

 

I'm experimenting with the new blogger.  Hope this works. 

I started this blog a few months ago in an attempt to be positive.  No one wants to read a negative blog.  Right?   But it is difficult to be positive at the moment.  

I broke my ankle in March of 2019.  Unfortunately it was not set correctly.  When the cast finally came off my foot was only connected to my leg with some skin.  The bones had become separated.  I don't know if I am describing it correctly or not.  I saw a foot and ankle specialist.  He operated on my ankle immediately.  I was in the hospital for a couple of months.  From there I was transported to another hospital to recuperate.  

I had physiotherapy daily.  After two and a half months I was allowed to go home.   My leg had not healed as well as was hoped.  The surgeon had taken a large bone from the inside of my ankle.   The incision was not healing properly.  A VON nurse had to come to the house and put clean dressings on it every other day.  

During the surgery a rod was inserted into my leg from my heal to my knee.  Other screws and bolts were also implanted.  I was still unable to walk.  I had to wear a large black boot.  At the beginning of December the VON nurse told me the incision had healed and that she would not be returning to dress the wound.   Needless to say I was ecstatic.  But a week later my leg became painful and swollen.  No one could tell me why this was happening.  Since then I have seen more doctors that I care to admit to.  Everyone has a different diagnosis.  I even had a nuclear test done.  No one can agree on anything.  No one can tell me why my leg is still swollen and more painful than I can bear.  I need to take CBD oil to help me sleep.

I was also having trouble with my vision.  Last Saturday I saw a retinal specialist.  He lasered the bleeding at the back of my eyes.  I thought my vision would improve after hat but it hasn't.  

So now I am at an impasse.  My blog, facebook and gmail accounts were compromised when I was in the hospitals.   I lost everything and had to start over with a new computer and the creation of new accounts.  There is not much positive stuff going on around here at the moment.

But in keeping with my desire to stay positive, I have been doing some gardening.  All summer long I have been eating zucchinis, green beans and delicious tomatoes. Today I went out and discovered that my fall crocuses are blooming.  They are beautiful.  In the spring they come up as lush. green, shiny leaves. 

These die down after a couple of months.  Then all summer it is impossible to tell where they are growing.  In the fall they erupt from the bare soil in a riot of colour.   

I also have a huge sunflower that was planted by the squirrels that make my yard their home.  I also planted a couple of packages of sunflowers= seeds but nothing came up.  They were probably tasty treats for my furry residents.

More when I am feeling better.