At 30,000 Feet, I Watched My Wife Crawl Across the Floor With Both Legs in Casts While My Mother Hid Her Crutches—Then I Noticed What Was Recording Behind Them

Slow.

At the medical center, imaging showed no major displacement.

Relief.

But she had significant soft-tissue inflammation.

Increased pain.

Swelling.

Her doctor was unhappy.

“You were crawling?”