I CAN WALK

Dr. W says my bones have healed very well. I cannot hurt them. What a relief. I can walk as much as I want.
Of course, I could not get any clunking out of my ankle to show him but he says that there is not a tendon going over the metal plate. I can even get out of my big black boot if I want to, depending how things are feeling. First around the house then if I want to go out to dinner or something and wear shoes. Apparently, Dr W does not think the big black book is a fashion statement.

I walked around the park. I can't believe my good fortune. I keep looking for my crutches when I get up from a chair.
I think my work and probably pain will really start now. I was talking to a woman in the doctor's office and she had broken her ankle years before and said it was about a year before it was really normal. That seems to be a typical response. But right now it is just such a luxury to move around with my hands free.

When I took the above picure, our crow was on the wire in our back yard. We could only tell because she sits differently and when looking through binoculars we could see that one foot is a slightly different color. It was odd that she was the lone crow out there, sort of like she was welcoming me home.