Healing the Broken

I've been feeling rather broken this week. Both physically and emotionally. Perfectly understandable considering all that has happened. The sadness of loosing Oscar comes and goes. It's incredible how much space in your heart and life 2lbs of fur and affection leave open when he is gone.

Today I had my physiotherapy assessment. Not exactly the best news. I knew of course that I would have lost range of motion. This is expected with the surgery. I also knew that with me having above average range of motion usually, that I would have that much further to get caught up to. I wasn't however prepared to hear the number 70%. That's right I've lost 70% of my ankle function. With the hope to be back on my bike by March 2008, I have a lot of work to do in the next 4-5 months.

I did get these cool before pictures to cheer me up.




And here is the hardware that they took out:


I need to focus. I need to heal without overdoing it. I need to be wise. I need prayer.