Oh NO!!!

Well, here we are...2 weeks before we leave, and...

See the Rest, Ice, Compession, Elevate? George isn't just being a model for injury recovery, he's living it. 😫

The initial diagnosis is a ruptured plantar facia, which is the ligament that runs along the bottome of the foot and connects the heel to the the toes. It holds up the arch. 

At this point I don't see how we would possibly be able to go on this long planned for (and fully prepaid) trip.  I am, however, hoping for a miracle. Pray that the appt he has with an orthopedist on Thur shows not a total rupture, but rather a tear...and with a boot..or crutches.. he can still go. 

The itinerary

Hi! Meet Tomte (Swedish for Gnome, kind of like a brownie...you know...sort of mischievous and impish), our tourguide! We're busily getting ready for our upcoming trip and want to get in writing our itinerary. This way, if Tomte leads us astray and we don't make it back, you'll know who to blame. Oh...wait...we also may claim asylum in any one of these countries to escape the craziness that has taken over our poor country! So, either way, if we don't come back, don't bother to come looking !
OK, so here's the plan:

May 8th flight to Washington DC. Spend two and a half days with Brett and Veronica touring around DC.
May 10th drive down to Williamsburg Virginia to watch Jessica graduate Law School! Woohoo!
May 14th fly to Stockholm Sweden, spend a few days with some friends who live there and tour the area
May 19th to June 1st, tour Sweden, Denmark, and Norway with our Rick Steves tour.
June 1st fly to Iceland, rent a car and drive around the island for a week on our own.
June 8th fly back to Portland exhausted but happy.

The countdown has begun!

Only 27 days to go till our Scandinavia trip! I've of course packed already, more or less!