Pat's Out of Pot

After seven weeks of her lower right leg in a succession of pots, today is goodbye pots day.

The operation on the right foot is described as 'foot reconstruction' in her notes.  Surgeon Mr Shanker confessed it was a 'very big operation' today.  The foot is now in a surgical boot and she can start re-learning to walk rather than hop.

Here is Pat's right lower leg after seven weeks in pot - muscles wasted and first glimpse of the reassuring arrow that made sure they operated on the correct foot!  Not evident in the picture, thankfully, are three rows of stitches showing separate lengthy incisions:

 This is Mr Shanker gently removing the final pot with a hand-held circular saw:

Then off to physiotherapy department to have a very fancy surgical boot fitted to enable two-legged walking to resume.   Couldn't resist the picture below:

and here is Das Boot:

The heel it absolutely rigid but every other dimension is adjustable.  It even inflates!

And, thank you NHS, it's ours to keep.