Have you ever been scared of your own foot before?

I was trying to get re-acquainted with my left foot's new look...it was skinnier, had long scars on either side, wrinkly, still swollen, darker and hairy. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - and in this case Dr. Edmonds and his staff thought that my ankle looked GREAT. All of the photos that follow were taken by my boyfriend, Jim Brown. He photographed the whole event even though he felt a little queezy seeing my ankle for the first time after the gauze had been removed.