Sad news for me :(

Yesterday I went in for a 6 week follow-up x-ray of my ankle.  This morning I got an email from my doctor that the x-rays showed "non-union" or in other words failure to heal.  He consulted a orthopedic surgeon and he recommend that I have a cast put on it as soon as possible and then have another follow up x-ray in another 3 weeks. If there still isn't any signs of healing, then surgery.  This made me very sad indeed. I have liked having the freedom of being able to sleep and shower without the boot on. On the other hand, maybe this is what my ankle needs to heal. So then I called my mom. She said that it just dawned on her that comfrey is very helpful with healing bones. I called the lady that we get our milk from and asked her if she has any comfrey. She said she had a small plant and she brought two leaves over to me. I put half of one on my ankle, wrapped some plastic wrap around it and then put my ace bandage over that and put my boot back on. Then a short while later, she came back with a friend and this friend of her bought me a little container of comfrey salve. That was so incredible of this woman who doesn't even know me to do such a service for me. Now I'm not sure if I should go through with a cast or not. I won't have access to my ankle to put the comfrey salve on it after next Tuesday.  Hmmmm.....

 Today Matt took the day off and took the kids up to Zion's for a day hike. They were gone from 11am to 8:30pm. I managed to get dinner in the crock pot, fold a bunch of laundry and push through a few load in the washer and dryer and make bread. They were happy to come home to a yummy hot dinner and warm bread.  Pictures to come in the next post.