heel troubles

10-9-14

I spent the day at the doctor.

This is only shocking in the idea that it wasn’t for me. Ken had complained to me in the morning before I went to work that he had been up all night because his heel hurt. Later when he went to get up, he couldn’t put any weight on his foot.

I got home a little after 8 in order to drive him to the doctor. I was able to say good morning to the boys which was a nice treat. We got to the doctor around 8:30 and didn’t leave until almost noon. He has swelling and it was salmon red (apparently this makes a different because cherry red would be bad). The doc said it could be a number of things. Gout, a bruise, a fracture, or something dealing with his Achilles tendon. So we took him down to X-Ray. He also had some blood drawn to check some levels in order to rule out gout.

While we waited, Ken also got a flu shot, which actually made him shout, causing Iliana (our normal nurse) to jump a little. Yeah, Iliana and I kinda teased poor Ken about his needle phobia. We are not nice people.

The X-Rays showed that it was most likely a heel spur made up of calcium. He probably did bang his heel at one point which broke up some of the scarring from a previous injury, which meant that he was going to hurt a bit. She prescribed some anti-inflammatory meds and pain killers.

After hitting up the store for the meds and some groceries (Ken got to use the cool motorized shopping carts, which was pretty entertaining), we got home maybe only 40 minutes before the boys arrived home.

Homework was tended to and I fixed dinner while Ken napped. The rest of the afternoon/evening was pretty uneventful, which was welcomed since the morning had been busy enough for us.

Today will most likely be a little more chaotic, especially with homework. Thursdays seem to be more packed with papers to complete, and on top of that they have practice. I also have plans to go to dinner with Sarah and Alyssa, which means I know I will be more stressed to get things done so I can get out the door. I have to leave around 5:20, so hopefully with my help they can get everything done before that point.