I hop in a taxi to a high rise medical building in the center of downtown. (Okay, no hopping was involved and the taxi driver had to watch me come down all three flights of stairs on my bum doing the funny crab walk.)
I am relieved to find Dr. L to be full of great information. He explains that the reason this injury is not common in adults is because the heel bone becomes fully fused at age 9. He has all kinds of models of the human bones and seeing the foot model is most helpful in understanding the injury. He’s volunteering information I had to pull from Dr. D. Information gives me great confidence and I ask if he can do the surgery instead. Dr. L sighs and says:
“The truth is that I learned about this type of injury in medical school 25 years ago, and in my 25 years I have never operated on the heel. You should stick with your specialist. I know Dr. D and I assure you that he is a fine surgeon.”
Deep breath. For better or for worse I will keep the appointment for surgery that is less than 24 hours away.
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