Well, I spent some time at the hospital last week and got a CT scan of my wrist. The purpose of the CT was to check if the scaphoid was still alive and healing itself from the accident and from the invasive nature of the surgery. Ever since my accident, my doctors have told me that there was a good chance that the scaphoid was so badly damaged that it would reject the bone graft, not be able to repair itself, and die. This would result in yucky things like fused bones in my hand and a lack of usability.
Well, the results of the CT were in later in the week and I saw my orthopedic surgeon. Miraculously enough, the bone is alive and the smaller fracture lines are almost filled in. There are still several larger ones that are still very visible though so my doctors have warned me that, although this is good news, I'm not in the clear yet. Until the schapoid fully heals, there is still a chance of the healin process stopping, and it dying.
But, so far the surgery worked!! And if my wrist continues to heal like it has been, then that means no more surgeries!!! More good news is that the ligaments that were severed are showing signs of life! They are responding to reflex testing, and painful stimulous (ie poking them with a really sharp needle and seeing them contract). I have also had some involuntary twitching in that region, which is also a good sign.
And last but not least, all the numbness in my wrist and hand has officially disappeared! I can feel everything now! Which, although I'm excited about, means that I can now feel how much it really hurts. Apparently that numbness has really been masking some of the pain this whole time. At this point though I don't care if it's pain, as long as I can finally feel something!
I still have another 6-8 weeks in my cast minimum however, and I wasn't too stoked to hear about that. But, I guess that extra time in the cast is better than not being able to move my hand normally. I took some really great pictures of my arm outside the cast, but my camera cable isn't hooked up, and as I'm home alone today, I don't think I'm going to try and move my computer tower one handed to try and reach the plug in. The last thing I need is to break my computer. So check back and, maybe I'll have some pictures by tonight!!
Well, the results of the CT were in later in the week and I saw my orthopedic surgeon. Miraculously enough, the bone is alive and the smaller fracture lines are almost filled in. There are still several larger ones that are still very visible though so my doctors have warned me that, although this is good news, I'm not in the clear yet. Until the schapoid fully heals, there is still a chance of the healin process stopping, and it dying.
But, so far the surgery worked!! And if my wrist continues to heal like it has been, then that means no more surgeries!!! More good news is that the ligaments that were severed are showing signs of life! They are responding to reflex testing, and painful stimulous (ie poking them with a really sharp needle and seeing them contract). I have also had some involuntary twitching in that region, which is also a good sign.
And last but not least, all the numbness in my wrist and hand has officially disappeared! I can feel everything now! Which, although I'm excited about, means that I can now feel how much it really hurts. Apparently that numbness has really been masking some of the pain this whole time. At this point though I don't care if it's pain, as long as I can finally feel something!
I still have another 6-8 weeks in my cast minimum however, and I wasn't too stoked to hear about that. But, I guess that extra time in the cast is better than not being able to move my hand normally. I took some really great pictures of my arm outside the cast, but my camera cable isn't hooked up, and as I'm home alone today, I don't think I'm going to try and move my computer tower one handed to try and reach the plug in. The last thing I need is to break my computer. So check back and, maybe I'll have some pictures by tonight!!