Diagnosis

Well, it looks like surgery for me. 

Yuck!

This will be my very first surgery, but luckily it is an out patient procedure so I'll only be at the hospital a few hours.

The orthopedic specialist was hoping that surgery could be avoided due to my exsisting condition, being pregnant and all.  If I had only fractured one side of my ankle and not both, a walking boot would have done the trick.  But since I did such a thorough job falling on myself, my ankle is not stable enough to heal perfectly alligned on it's own.  I require a metal plate on the outside of my ankle and a few skrews on the inside of my ankle.  Merry Christmas to me!

The surgery is scheduled for Tuesday morning at 7:30 am.  I will need to stay off of my left foot for 3 weeks, then have physical therapy to help it continue healing properly.  The upside to having the surgery over a walking boot, is my ankle will actually heal quicker than if we waited for it to heal on it's own.  But to me it still sounds like I'm in it for the long haul.