September 20, 2020 When I woke up from my first surgery and looked down I couldn’t believe what had happened. The amount of metal surrounding my lower leg was crazy. I knew I had hurt my leg, but I did not know how bad. I was laying there crying from the pain when the nurse came in to check on me. She asked me how I was feeling…. And that is when the first joke came… “I feel like I was hit by a truck!” She just looked at me, shook her head, and laughed. I asked what all happened, but fell asleep before I got the answer. Oh, blessed pain meds, you were my best friend! The next morning waking up in pain again I got to meet my new nurse . She explained to me everything that happened, and what was up next. I had a compound fracture on my right leg, my foot had been degloved, and my Achilles tendon was cut in half. She was there to prep me for another surgery. I was scared and wa...
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