Yesterday I gave myself a little extra something for Christmas - a cracked right fibula and very badly sprained right ankle. I was attempting to cross the street near Festival Foods, made it through all the traffic, but when I tried to jump up onto the curb to get out of traffic, my right foot went out of control, I felt an incredible jolt of pain in my surgically repaired knee, and heard (or felt) a cracking noise in my ankle.
A passing motorist jumped out of his car and was about to call an ambulance but I talked him out of it by telling him I would be all right.
Luckily, Kim was driving this day and she got me into the car and to urgent car for x-rays. I prayed throughout that I hadn't broken my ankle, especially since it was less than a year ago that I broke my left ankle.
The x-rays revealed that I had cracked the fibula - relatively good news as I won't have to be put into a hard cast and live in a wheel chair for four weeks.
The soft tissue around the ankle is very, very painful today and I have spent most of yesterday and today on my back with the leg elevated.
It will still probably take six weeks to get back to normal but hopefully not.
Merry Christmas,eh?
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