The Boot

This is kinda long, I tell the WHOLE story.
Well, let me start at the beginning. As most of you know we were doing the play A Christmas Carol this past December at our local theater. I was backstage manager and doing a pretty good job, if I do say so myself :) Anyway, on Monday night Dec 1, I took a spill down the stairs backstage. Hurt my foot pretty bad. I'm thinking nothing broke, just sprained. That night I was hurting so bad I woke up crying, and no I don't usually do that. So I decided to go to the dr. that Tuesday just in case something was wrong. They took X-Rays and said nothing broke just sprained. Ok I was fine with that. Well about a week or so later, I noticed I had a knot on my foot. It somewhat bothered me since I don't usually have one. I wasn't in much pain and walking around fine. Now, my foot did hurt me sometimes if I moved it wrong, but other than that I was ok. So I decided to call the dr and see what this knot was all about. I saw a different dr and he took x-rays again. Still didn't see anything broke, but he wasn't sure what the knot was. He sent me to have a MRI done. I've never had one done before so really didn't know what to expect except knowing that I have to be REALLY still. So I have that done, fun fun! It wasn't all that bad, except for the being still part. I'm just glad that I didn't have to have my whole body in that little tube, don't think I would like that.
O.k. so I'm at the gym working out this past Monday. I get home and Sam tells me that the dr. has called twice. I call them back and they tell me that I have an appointment the next day with an orthopedic. News to me!! Also, I'm to come to the office and get the referral papers. O.k. so I go to the office and finally sit with the dr. He tells me that I have to be off my foot and on crutches. They put a temp. splint (half cast) on and I'm done. Sam goes to get me some crutches, since we can't seem to find ours here. That night, I didn't sleep hardly at all. That stupid splint was mashing done on my heel so bad it was killing me.
Alright, now time for the orthopedic. Sam was able to take me, and I'm very thankful for that. The dr. there looks at it, hears the story and sends me for more x-rays. Still nothing broke shows up on them. He looks at the MRI and I do have at least 2 fractures. Wish I would have known about this earlier, maybe it could have been fixed correctly. So, since I'm able to walk on it like I have been and not in extreme pain, he puts a wonderful boot on me instead of a cast. I'm thankful for that because at least now I can walk around and not use crutches. Course I feel like we wasted our money on the crutches since I only used them for one night and half a day. So here I am with this great boot that I have to wear for the next 2 weeks!