Ankle Progress

I am finally ready for the next stage of this Journey.  On this day we removed my blue cast and was shocked to be given the approval to move to a walking cast.  Though hard to tell from the picture above, my leg had some crazy atrophy and was even more skinny then normal!  The other main benefit to getting out of the cast is being able to shower and wash my leg again...taking baths everyday with a leg hanging out of the water is definitely a challenge.

Here is the walking cast in action.  It was very comfortable, but those first few days in it was almost still non-weight bearing.  It was surprising how sore my ankle and foot still were from being immobilized for the four prior weeks.  At least it was progress and I was closer to having a working ankle.

Here is the side view of how the wounds are healing.  This also marked the step to be able to begin physical therapy which will certainly have its own journey to get through.