Steve saw the surgeon today for his next check-up, and things are looking good! So good, he's out of a cast completely now - after only 4 weeks. YEAH! He's back in the boot, with the angle of his foot set to neutral, and he can even start to put some weight on it WITH the crutches.
The plan is to start slowly putting weight on it for 2 weeks with the crutches. Then he'll start physical therapy - probably 2x/week, and at that point, start walking on the boot without the crutches. After 2 weeks of physical therapy (at the end of March) he'll see the surgeon again, and they'll probably increase the angle of the boot even more. The surgeon thought it would probably be another 2-4 weeks or so in the boot after that, but around 2 months from now (end of April), he'll hopefully be able to walk with his regular shoe that has a heel lift in it.
So slowly things are moving forward! The nice part is, he can take the boot off to shower, and since it's constantly stretching his tendon while it's on, take it off to give his foot a break every now and then as well.
Obviously, we're very happy and pleased with how things are progressing. Full recovery is still a long ways off, but we're making strides. Ha, ha. =)
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