Color Time, Fun for All ages...

While we wait for the leg, lets have a little fun.


Please print this picture and color it in.

Then post your finished picture in the comments section, or send them to me and I'll post it. We'll make a contest out of it,

Top prize: $1 dollar and braggin' rights

First socket...

SOCKET:
"Prosthetic sockets are as unique as the people who use them. They must fit residual limbs that change in terms of volume, shape, and size." - ACA wedsite

Here I am with the first casting of my first socket. (You think I could remember to wear a different shirt if I'm going to post pictures of myself.)

We took measurements and now we (the Prosthetist) will pour the next socket, which should be the one I will use for awhile.





Please notice the sexy blue shorts.

One Step in front of...

Determined not to start the day on the wrong foot, I put on my shoe and hopped over to the bathroom. I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and combed my hair. By 5pm I was getting hungry. Down the street is an Applebee’s, but I wouldn’t step foot in there, not after last time. But the hunger started to kick inside my stomach and I knew I needed to find something quick. Deciding that I needed to have some balance in my day, I went to KFC. I ordered two thighs and a leg, a medium Coke, and a side of mashed potatoes. Looking in my wallet I noticed that I didn’t have any cash, which was weird because I had just been to the bank. Not thinking about it to much I paid with my ATM card.

It was now getting dark, and by all accounts the day was over. I headed home and decided to go to bed. So I took off my shoe, and hopped over to the bathroom. I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and got ready for bed. I dreamed of last calls and toes with no right to be there. When the bouncer questioned them, they looked outraged, and refused to by the bill. I took another drink and left. When I awoke, I noticed that my sock was half off, and my toes smelled of gin. I thought back to the previous day and what happened between the time I combed my hair and 5pm and what a crazy time I had with those five guys, and would ever get back the money I loaned them. Looking though my wallet I found a receipt for KFC.

I'm not dead Yet...

Sorry for not updating this blog, But it's tough when not much happens.

Fill in your own one liner here: _____________________________________ .

Thanks for Checking back now and then, I promise, once the leg comes in I'll have more to say.

over and out.

Lets Go Shopping...

This is the only way to roll.

Update:
1) Thanks to the Physical Therapist I'm working out more now then I did when I had two legs.
2) The Staples have been removed and the wound is healing well.
3) I should be able to take the first real shower, without covering the limb in a bag, this weekend.

One thing I miss doing:
1) using the left foot to take the shoe of the right foot.

My wife said that we should go for a pedicure,
She knows a place that I will get half off.

It's the Big 31...

I have a really funny joke about not having a leg on your birthday, but I can't remember it.

Thanks to All...

This post is for you...

I wanted to thank everyone for being so generous, understanding, and caring. From my Family, to Friends, to my extended Efilm Family.

I would like to thank everyone who has responded to this blog, or in emails. To those who have donated (and she who set up the account), this really is more then I ever expected.

I didn't want to use names, because I don't know who is ok with having their name out there. But please know that I owe each of you a huge thanks and you will all forever be in my thoughts and heart.

This silly little blog will never really let you know how much all this has meant to me. This has been a crazy and strange experience but with the help and strength from everyone it has made it much easier.

My next appointment with the doctor on Jan 15 (tomorrow) we should remove the staples.

Thanks again to everyone. And an extra big thanks to my wife. Without her, I would be nothing.