Walking Wounded

I know you are all dying to hear an ankle update:

My ankle started to feel better (well, less painful) on last Monday and by Tuesday evening I ditched the split in favor of an ankle brace. Still had to ice and elevate it to keep swelling down. On Friday I started walking on it some, more than I should have as it turns out.

Here's some pictures from Friday (6 days after incident).







Lovely aren't they? The bruises have turned from black to a lighter purple and from dark green to light green.

At six days post-accident it looks much better than it did, however, at 10 days it still looks about the same.

So Friday and Saturday I overdid it (a little), and paid for it Sunday. Recovery is still very slow. My foot feels like a hunk of clay attached to my leg except when it is bent or flexed much and then it hurts! It's still very wobbly feeling too, like it's going to give out on me, so I keep it in a brace and use crutches periodically.

I planned on being up and trotting by now, the couch is getting a little monotonous and the kids have watched way too many cartoons.

To top it off, I still need to make up a good story to go with the injury. Kick boxing accident, anyone?

"I sprained my ankle running up the stairs." Lame.