So here's the short of it, 
My broken fibula is healing well according to the doctor.  

And here's the long

I had my first follow-up appointment with my broken ankle doctor, Dr. Robertson this afternoon.

When they took the splint off, I was so surprised to see how swollen my ankle, foot, and even toes were.  Of course my whole foot and lower leg has been encased in all that wrapping so I couldn't even see anything.  Dr. Robertson explained that all the tissue surrounding the bone excretes liquids when an injury to a bone occurs.  In addition there is apparently lots of under the skin bleeding - well not lots, but more than us lay people would imagine.  This all serves to swell the appendage and make a "natural splint" designed by our amazing human body to keep us from moving.  Anyway, I'm all swollen up. 

Here's today's x-ray.  I don't really know what I'm looking at, but here's what I was told.  The small bone is the fibula - I actually do remember that from high school biology.  Coach Adams made us memorize all the bones of the body, and there was a real skeleton in the back of the room - one of the two rooms on the front lower floor of the high school.  Those two diagonal lines are the break, he says he can tell it broke from a twisting motion.  Of course, I don't even remember it twisting.  He says it should hurt quite a bit.  It does hurt some, but not to the extent that he seemed to indicate it would.

Anyway, I'm doing so well, that he's put me in a "boot".  That should make showering easier.  Actually, not the project of getting ready to shower, since I have to take off the book; take off the ace bandage; get into the shower without putting much weight on my foot; and reverse the process when I'm done.  It's just that while I'm in the shower, I won't have to worry about getting the cast wet and I'll be able to wash my foot and leg! 

I haven't figured out the boot exactly yet.  Pretty soon after I got home, I redid it because my toes were cold and I wanted to put a sock on.  It's too tight - I've loosened it a couple of times, but don't have it just right yet.  I'll work on it tomorrow some more, and if I still don't get it, I'll call or go by for some help. 

We've got icy conditions here in Chattanooga.  No school tomorrow.....

Maybe tomorrow it'll work out to sleep in.