Facebook, 29 novembre

Well... I had no idea I would make medical history when I woke up this morning, ha!

Saw the surgeon today and asked right away “Why did my surgery lasted 3 times longer than expected? You are usually pretty good with time...”

He started laughing saying “you really gave me a hard time!”

First X-ray was taken on Sept 27th when we agreed on surgery. We can clearly see the loose piece of bone in the lower right corner. Second X-ray was taken on Nov 13th, right before surgery.

Surgeon said: “I opened you up to see... that your loose piece of bone moved down further and merged with another bone! You had a horn! I have never seen this in my career. Two bones merging together are extremely rare”. 8 am surprise, I certainly made his day! And of course my DD said out loud “I always knew Elise had horns...”

He explained to me he learned a unique technique from a famous surgeon in Netherlands right before his retirement earlier this year. So he decided to try it on me for the first time! Explaining why the surgery took 3 times longer than expected.

And I’m really grateful he did. My surgeon could have use the fast track, which is making an incision in the ligament to extract the bone, but that would mean going back in the cast for a while. My surgeon know what I’ve been through already and did everything he could to avoid the cast.

Third X-ray is after surgery and we can see the bone was successfully removed. He asked my permission to use my case while teaching in conferences. Apparently, two bones merging is very rare and I guess this special technique is a first in Canada!

Hey... with all the bad luck I had with that ankle, I’m very amused right now to say I’m unique and special, ha ha!

Surgeon is happy with how the ankle looks now and I got the go ahead to shower and swim