sprained ankle

Ryan did a lovely number on his foot playing backyard football with friends.  It happened on a Friday afternoon and I finally decided to take him to instacare on Saturday afternoon when he still couldn't put any weight on it.  The bruises were nasty looking and of course it was very swollen.  After x-rays they called it a bad sprain and put him in a splint.  After nearly a week on crutches with the splint, things weren't looking much better, so we headed to the sports med people.  More x-rays determined there still weren't any fractures, just a very bad sprain, and they put him in a huge walking boot for four weeks.  The boot beats being on crutches for sure and he's getting around much better.  Sure hope he heals up quickly. The picture (from the wimpy phone camera) just doesn't do his injury justice.