The immediate aftermath

I checked out of the hospital around 12:30 after having proven that I can eat some food without getting nauseous and can maneuver my new crutches. They wheel me into the backseat of my boyfriend's car, prop my foot up on two pillows and away we go to focus on my recovery. I was prescribed Percocet, 2 pills every 4-6 hours and ibuprofen every 4-6 hours for the first three days post-op. So far, at no point has the pain been unbearable. I've had some intermittent pain, where my foot feels like it's throbbing, but luckily, it goes away within minutes. At three days post-op I was able to put all my weight on that foot, although I tried to keep the weight on the heel.