Hoping

Well, my wife's rather strident and adamant pleas appear to have at least STARTED some things.  Of that I am glad. 

• She has a doppler now scheduled for today because her lower calf is swollen and the clinicians want to (hopefully) rule out there being blood clots in her lower leg.  (This is ~2.5 weeks after the event.) 
• Depending upon the findings, she may or may not be able to be potentially "squeezed in" perhaps on Saturday or perhaps on Sunday (no guarantee of either date) to have a "rush" ultrasound or perhaps a "rush" MRI.  Again, it is all vague, but IF it transpires, it will be about 1 week earlier than the prior scheduled ultrasound. (If either occurs, it would be ~3 weeks after the event.... a modest improvement compared to the scheduled time which would be ~4 weeks after the event.)

With all this, we try to carry on as best as we can. She has been sleeping downstairs on the couch since this happened because it is too painful and too scary and too dangerous to try to navigate stairs without ANY sort of diagnosis.  She has been working remotely when possible, and I have brought her into work when remote is not viable using her sister's wheelchair.  

We have been able to go swimming a couple of times.  We use the wheelchair to go to the pool, to get her into the pool area and back from the pool.  I believe this is helpful and beneficial as she needs some sort of movement for health, and the buoyancy of the water dramatically reduces the pressures/forces on her leg while walking in the pool (gently).  With the decreased pressures/forces, I believe/hope the risk of further injury is very low.  

We are trying to keep a positive attitude.  Mine is more of a facade, as I am quite worried and anxious all the time, and I am rather exhausted with the additional things I need to do (and add to my already busy plate) to try to keep my wife safe and to try to help keep her spirits up too.

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