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The day i fell off the face of the earth…

April 4, 2011.  Beautiful day.  Gracie & i were walking up to the sugar house when she was attacked by two dogs (a pit bull & a boxer - oh, surprise!).  While i was trying to rescue Gracie, the owner of the other dogs came out, she tripped just as she got to me, knocked me over a 10’ embankment, then landed on top of my legs… and i never saw her coming!  I knew i wasn’t going to walk again for a very long time…my right tibial plateau was broken - in several places… surgery, three months with no weight on my leg - but a great pedicure!  (Thank you, Heidi!)

I won’t bore you with all the gory details, but now i am down to only using one crutch, and physical therapy is going well, so i am starting to resume some of my normal activities.  I am just starting to drive…

Oh, and Gracie required two courses of antibiotics to overcome the infections, and her hair is just now starting to grow back in - she looked like a well-used stuffed animal!  But she is thrilled that i have started walking up the driveway, again… progress!