House Arrest!!!

It has been almost 2 months since I had that bad fracture.

6th Nov 2016 (Sunday): At the wonderful Rann Riders resorts in Dasada, just came out of the room and saw my friends' kids playing badminton while their parents had gone for a walk. I decide to join them...after few minutes of play, I tried to return a volley from behind my shoulder....put a pounding step forward, bent and then went down hearing a SNAP in my leg. I could feel the knee flex backwards while I went down and immediately knew it was TROUBLE! Took an ambulance to Amdavad, went to hospital for x-ray where they confirmed my fear - it was a fracture right under my right knee - I had broken my tibia.

Surgery followed the next day and after 3 days in the hospital, have been confined to a virtual House Arrest.

10th Nov 2016 was when I saw the roads and traffic and all...and since then till today (4th Jan 2017) I have been out of home just thrice - all visits to the doctor.

It sometimes seems surreal..in a bad way of course...did this really happen to me? I am now dependent for the most basic of tasks that I wouldn't even think about on normal days. It has been an ordeal for the family, especially my wife who has wonderfully managed things. I would admit it has been boring sometimes for me but mostly I have (thankfully) been in good spirits...at least haven't gone negative except when I had this fear of any permanent damage to my leg restricting me in many activities I am so used to - driving, playing with my daughter, swimming, walking etc. God has been kind with keeping too much pain away from me. 

Having my 8 year old daughter around is a big energy booster. In her zeal to help in her own way, there are hundreds of hugs in a day....many soft hand massages on the fractured part and countless kisses. The rehab could not be better. I feel I am progressing well more due to her than the physiotherapy :)

Thankfully am on a path of good recovery. Owing to the critical location of my fracture and my weight, the walking part has been delayed a bit but I am ok with that as do not want to hurry into more problems.

2016 overall has been pretty bad and sad. Hope 2017 brings in the much required and sought blessings to make it an amazing year.