June 13, 2008

On June 13, 2008, Friday the 13'Th of course, my friend Jacquie and I went for our normal walk at Windemere Park here in Cumming. It was rather warm and muggy as it had rained the night before. Teddy was running happily and seemed to be getting a bit tired so I decided to walk over to the creek and let him cool off for a few minutes. I was standing on a small incline of about a foot or so and I notice that I had sunk a bit into the mud. I didn't think much about it as I was just standing still looking at Ted playing in the creek when I noticed a water bottle that someone had dropped and left there. Being a nice person, I thought I should pick it up and carry it out of the park with me. As I bent over, the mud slid out from under my feet and down I went! I thought I might have heard a sound like bone breaking, but quickly sat up to assess the damage. I could move it around without too much pain so I figured I had just sprained it. Walking the half mile didn't seem too bad at first, but the pain gradually increased and I began to wonder if was only a sprain, but kept hobbling on saying to myself it would hurt more if it was broken! Jacquie walked part of the way with me, while calling for Skippy, but of course, Skippy comes when called according to Beagle time, which is usually not quite as quick as we would like it, so she had to go back and wait for him to come. Fortunately for us he was pretty tired too, and came along fairly quick. I found someone to go over to the where a park maintenance man was working and Ted and I were able to get a ride over to the parking lot with Jacquie and Skip meeting us there a few minutes later.
Fortunately, Jacquie and I had decided to take just the one car since it was my right ankle that was injured and I was able to hobble into the house with the aid of a hockey stick in the garage. Steve came home, not quite willingly as he is a bit of a work-a-holic, and took me to the Dr. and x-rays confirmed my fears. The Dr. did tell me that, If I was to custom order a broken leg, I ordered the correct one. It should heal without much of a problem. I've been wearing a big, ski boot type contraption and I go back to the Dr. on the 14Th of July to hopefully get something smaller to wear to protect the bone, but allow me to drive the car. At least that's what I'm hoping for!