Tom update

Tom is exhausted. This is his first week back to work - he is working 50% this week and next. Then he will be at 75% for two weeks and then full time. We are so glad he only went back at 50%. He is just so tired. He doesn't seem to be on a normal sleep schedule yet. When he first got home from the surgery his foot tended to throb more at night - so he ended up being awake more at night and sleeping into the morning. Then he would nap during the afternoon. Then he wasn't tired at night because he slept all day. The last two weeks he has tried to get to a more normal schedule but still he sometimes finds it hard to fall asleep at night. I think he just didn't have enough normal activity during the day to make him tired at night. Plus he would still nap during the day (and wonder why he wasn't sleeping at night??? Hmmmm!)

So this week has been tough. The biggest thing is that around the house (since our house is small) he uses a walker - it is easier to get around with that. Since he can't walk at all on the one foot he uses the walker to hop with the other foot. Going back to work though he uses his crutches. He is finding his under arms, chest and upper back are sore from crutching everywhere. Even with the handicapped sticker he has to crutch in about a block or so to work. It is hard work and he is putting BenGay on at night now. It is good it is the weekend so he will have some time to rest.