WARNING:

The pictures near the bottom of this page may be distressing to some viewers!

(They were a little distressing to me.)


The ER X-ray of the fibula fracture on July 10th:

Fibula break X-ray



A close-up of the fracture part:

Close-up of X-ray

The leg after being unwrapped 10 days post-injury:

Discolored leg after 10 days

Another view of the leg:

Another view of leg after 10 days

The leg unwrapped just before going to the OR (the writing on the big toe is the surgeon's initials, a legal requirement to avoid operations on the wrong limb):

The leg before surgery

HERE IS WHERE THE BLOODY PICTURES START, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED



Small incisions on the inside of the leg:

Small incisions on the inside of the leg

Closeup of the larger of the small incisions:

Close-up of the larger small incision on the inside of the leg

... here it is, kids, the money shot!


The large incision on the outside of the leg, showing the installed plate and screws in my right fibula:

The large incision, showing the installed plate and screws in my right fibula
If you look closely, you can read some of the serial number on the plate.

The new hardware, two weeks after surgery:

X-ray of the screws and plate, two weeks after surgery