Girl With Surgical Boot
Posted on November 16, 2012 Posted by John Scalzi 69 Comments
Please to enjoy Krissy’s latest fashion accessory: A surgical boot. She’s not merely wearing it as an affectation, however; she did in fact have foot surgery this morning. She’s fine (as you may note from her bemused expression), we’re fine, everything’s fine, and for the next few of days at least I will be waiting on her hand and foot, pun fully intended, because doctor’s orders are for her to take it easy and not move around a whole lot. If I’m scarce around here, you’ll know why.
Speedy recovery to Krissy….
Ouch. Been there. At least the TV’s better now than it was when I was laid up. And there’s Internetz, too! Hope you’re better soon!
Best wishes, hope she feels better soon!
Nice depth of field there, John. Good healing to the pretty lady!
I’ve been there! I had foot surgery 4 years ago and spent 3 months not being able to put weight on my foot. I hope Krissy’s recovery is fast!
This must be what I have to look forward to next summer when I get bunion surgery. Time to get a really comfy reading chair. To Krissy: hope you’re back to kickin’ butt in no time. Or was that what necessitated the surgery? Heh!!
Hope she feels better soon! Take good care of her (as though that really needed to be said, but anyway)!
:-)
And now you play the waiting game!
I hope she heals quickly (or heels, if you wanna be punny about it). Having a foot out of commission is a pain – I’ve broken each of mine (at different times, thank goodness) and it tends to take awhile to heal because even when you take it easy, you still have to move around sometimes. Glad you’re there to take care of her!
Geez, what’s with all the foot stuff lately? Your wife has one, Wil Wheaton’s wife has one. I’m seriously rethinking my plans to become a sci-fi god among mere mortals if this is the price.
Best wishes on a speedy recovery. Will you give her a small bell for the purpose of summoning rites and such?
Take care Krissy.
I’ve been on your side of the equation and my advice is to be sure you take time for yourself, too. Chances are your lovely wife isn’t very demanding, but this waiting-on-hand-and-foot business is *exhausting* under the best of circumstances. If you don’t make yourself get rest, once she is back in action, you’ll be clobbered with at least a cold, if not worse.
John, since you’re busy waiting on her hand and foot, and Krissy can’t do anything involving moving around, I think you should let her tweet as you and post to Whatever. ESPECIALLY if she’s still on anesthesia. :)
Get better soon, Krissy.
This is what happens when you’re kicking ass and don’t slow down enough to take names.
She should do a PSA…”I used to kick so much ass I didn’t stop to take names. Until one day I wound up in the hospital. Please: remember to stop and take names.”
**The more you know**
I wanted to share a mistake I made with you. I purchased one of those little hand bells that the upper crust used to summon their help. DO NOT buy one of those.
Ook. Hope she heals up fast!
My sympathies to Kristy. I can empathize with how she’s feeling right now. i was born pigeon-toed with club feet and had to have various casts and splnts, some all the way up to the top of my thighs, while growing up to make sure my feet grew properly. It sucks not being mobile and it can feel worse if it’s a temporary thing because you know it’ll get better but waiting to heal is such a bummer.
Get well soon, Krissy.
Get well soon Krissy!
From one surgical boot wearer to another – get well soon and enjoy the personal service in the meantime.
I second Beej’s suggestion, let Krissy do the blog for a bit. Get well soon Krissy, I’m loving the Stormtrooper footwear.
Krissy rocks, even when she sits still. Wishing her a speedy recovery.
Hope she feels better soon.
As a former Wearer of the Boot, best wishes for a speedy recovery?
Darn ipad should have been an exclamation instead of a question mark!!!
Get well soon, Krissy!
Ouch! Get well soon, Krissy.
Wishing you a speedy recovery, Mrs. Scalzi! (And not just because we slaver after your husband’s blog posts.)
Been there, done that. The medical scooter (put bum leg’s knee on it, zoom around with the good leg for power and steer like a bike) was so superior to crutches that there’s no comparison.
Get well son, Krissy! For a nice diversion, enjoy John’s copy of Cold Days, if you can get your hands on it.
For the near future you best mind her; cause if she feels the need to kick you in the assets, it’s going to really, really hurt.
Speedy recovery to her, and the best of luck to your Alfred impression.
Follow the doc’s advice and get well soon, Krissy!
Get well soon, Krissy. Hope you are up and about soon, and not in too much pain.
Just curious as to why you needed foot surgery; was it in some way preceded by the phrase “Here, hold my beer” ?
Where is her cone of shame? She’s going to take off the boots and chew through her stitches!
Tell Krissy from me that I hope she gets well soon.
Ow, Krissy! Please get well soon *inserts smoking boots joke here*
Hope she’s up and around soon.
There you have it! It’s all FUN AND GAMES until someone ends up with a surgical boot!
Wishing Krissy a speedy recovery!
My roommate wants to know what happened to the other guy. There was mention of a surgical butt cast…
Krissy: Mend speedily and well!
I had one of those once when I didn’t pay my loitering tickets…
In all seriousness, feel better soon Krissy!
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Ms. Scalzi!
Ouch. Hoping for a fast recovery. And hoping they gave you good pain meds.
Here’s hoping Krissy heals up mighty quick.
Wishing a fleet recovery for fleet of foot Krissy Scalzi.
May her recovery be so swift and uneventful as to be downright BORING.
I hope Krissy feels better soon, especially with Thanksgiving next week. And considering all the time you have devoted to us your blog readers and commentators, I’m sure she more than deserves your undivided attention. For both your sakes enjoy it, even if the circumstances aren’t the best. Speaking from experience even with the leg brace you can still have lots of fun he he he…
Seconding the scooter suggestion – I can just zip around the place in mine, even on grass. See if you can rent one for a couple of weeks.
That boot needs more spikes. Weld some on!
Awww, she’s so cute! ;-) Best wishes and fast healing, Krissy! Can we get a report card on how you did as her manservant? ;-)
Strongly suggested for watching while laid up with foot surgery: Fawlty Towers’ “The Germans” episode.
Get well soon!
Bright blessings for rapid and thorough healing!
Best wishes for quick and thorough healing! Foot problems are No Fun At All.
A swift recovery to you, Krissy. Foot stuff sucks.
Suggest to your wife — in the most inoffensive manner imaginable — that, even when one must reboot one’s computer for the SEVENTH time in THREE hours, one should never use the foot to do it. As Peter Coffee once observed, there’s no point in scuffing a perfectly good pair of shoes on a lousy computer.
Big wish for fast healing.
Hope Krissy is back on her feet soon!
Feel better soon Krissy!
Tell the truth: this isn’t actually surgery, your lady wife is (literally!) dipping her toe into cosplaying a Cyberman.
First of all, OUCH. What transpired to make being sliced, diced, and julienned a necessity?
Second, having been sliced, diced, and julienned myself on two occasions (left wrist and left shoulder), I feel your pain. Perhaps not precisely the same way you’re feeling it, but I can comprehend the discomfort you’re going through right now.
And I don’t know if your doctor has put you on any antibiotics yet, but here’s some advice for when he does: Eat plenty of yogurt — but make sure it has live cultures. Trust me on this one.
Nice boot.
Happy recovery! And make them bake cookies for you.
Here’s to a speedy recovery and being draped in dog and cats while her husband and daughter do the queen’s bidding.
Prognosis good — we can see the doctor’s efforts were not bootless.
To Krissy: Relax, rest and heal. Take it easy, take advantage. Opportunity is knocking and needs a place to stay. Offer it your humble abode.
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