Go Break A Leg

Well just as I was starting to feel better... actually about the time I wrote my last blog. Then I go and break my foot! I didn't know it at first though. I decided to move a ping pong table, only to have it fall on my foot. I was barefoot and it seemed to gauge it pretty good. There was that minute that I looked down and thought 'I'm alright, just a scratch'. Then the pain starts and it's like 'Ooooooeeeeee that hurts'! So after icing it and applying pressure while elevating it for a while, we bandage it up to go to sleep. I can't walk on it and have to use crutches. The first night it hurt and was uncomfortable. But the next few days it was ok as long as I had it elevated. Then it seemed like I could start putting a little weight on my foot and getting around easier. I even stopped using the crutches. I decided to go ahead and have it x-rayed but didn't think it was broken. I had my cousin Kevin who is a chiropractor look at it and he gave me a prescription to have it x-rayed. But there was no place open that weekend and then we had to go back to Daytona for Jeffrey's school and then a regular appointment with my Doctor and by this time I started to drive a bit and went in to get the x ray myself while Jeffrey was in school. I was very surprised to learn a few days afterward that I would have to have a cast put on and that it was broken. So Dec. 11th, my birthday, I went in to have a cast put on and was relieved to learn that it didn't need to be set or rebroken first. So my Dad, Don and Dean came over to cheer me up and we went out to see a movie and eat at Outback. So it turned into a nice birthday anyhow. :)
So now it's been 20 days and I should have the cast off in another 11. I will feel like a prisoner let loose! Although this has been a pretty relaxing holiday for me, getting wheeled around the stores and Disney world. Getting a motorized cart for Busch Gardens. Not having to help with cooking or cleaning for the holidays. So although I'd rather have mobility, at least it does have some perks.
I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and now a Happy New Year!!