Sending good wishes, @jym626 . My first grandchild is due in just over 3 weeks and they live in West Palm Beach. I’m hoping Irma will fizzle out for both of our families. Hope you heal quickly and enjoy being there for the birth.
Oh my, @2VU0609 . Hope all is well and the storm stays away!
oh dear. I hope it’s not severe.
i broke my ankle earlier this year. It required surgery/plates/screws and non-weight bearing for 8 weeks. I had a trip planned to Clearwater Beach booked a week after my surgery. There was no way i could have gone; in pain & on drugs and hyper-vigiliant about protecting my soft-cast foot at that point. (and no motivation of a grandbaby! just beach)
once i was weight bearing on crutches, i was able to fly to our planned trip to see Hamilton in Chicago. I used a scooter and crutches for that. the airlines were VERY accommodating; flew out of chicago the same day as the United Pulled Passenger Incident; yet no issues for me. I talked a lot to customer service/accommodations to make sure it would all work out. Scooter to entrance of plane, used crutches to front row seat (courtesy of airlines).
I think the biggest thing to know is if you will be weight-bearing or not. It’ll be very hard to figure out flying if you are just hopping around on one foot and crutches. 
*** If so, I’d do the wheelchair suggestions above. Or, postpone for a few weeks. (airlines were great with this too) I empathize with you on this; feel free to pm if you have any questions.
Dumb question, @bgbg4us - how did you negotiate the crutches with the scooter? And where did they put the scooter when you boarded? Did they check it like a baby stroller?
We have a non refundable ticket-- will pay $200/person to reschedule. But with the storm brewing… we will see…
Do make sure to talk with your physician about the trip. When my husband had to have screws put in his broken wrist his doctor restricted him from airline travel for a couple of weeks due to concerns about swelling from the altitude.
I am assuming I will be non weight bearing at present. It just happened, and I dont want to make it worse. Look at the avatar. The fx is on the bottom of the bone on the right.
I hope they wont restrict me!!
@jym626 - i hung the crutches over the handle bars of the scooter. My SIL was with me too, and helped when needed. I looked like a hot mess I’m sure traveling through ORD and my airport too, but got through it.
The flight i cancelled: non-refundable tix too. But the airline immediately gave me full credit for a year (and DH too!) with no penalty. I think i might have been teary on the phone while i made that call as i was feeling a little loopy and very very sorry for myself at that time.
in chicago on Michigan ave we saw a homeless lady on crutches with a mangled foot that had never been set. I was so thankful for my insurance and care and ortho surgeon. Seriously – protect your foot!!
and scooter was checked under plane just like a baby stroller.
and, i really dont want to scare you or make you nervous. Hopefully you will be good to go. And you can make it all work, just stay in touch with your doctor and airlines.
Wow, jym, I am so sorry about this. What terrible timing! But isn’t that the way it always is?
Honestly, I’m not concerned about crutches or navigating the airport, those are minor annoyances. What worries me is deep vein thrombosis with a long flight like that, and not moving around much. How many hours is it going to be?
Are you able to flex your foot, or would they not want you to do that? You probably aren’t able to wear compression socks, so perhaps the best you can do is take baby aspirin (I think I’ve heard for at least 5 days prior) if you’re allowed, drink lots of water and don’t get dehydrated, and still walk around on the flight, even though it’s a pain in the butt. I hope you have a spacious seat.
Thanks, @busdriver11 . Agree the long flight (cross country) is a concern, and will dress this with the orthopod. I will present it as “what do I need to do to go?” Not “can I go”?
No clue what they will allow wrt movement, but I think flexing the foot is out given the location of the break. It will be immobilized. I can barely wiggle my toes. As I mentioned earlier, we now have economy comfort bulkhead seats and I will do what I need to to get up and move around. My knee moves but not much below that.
I am glad you are going to find out what you need to do to stay safe. I read that between 60-100K Americans are estimated to die every year from DVT, so it is a serious concern, particularly when flights are over 3 1/2-4 hours. I have also heard not to sleep, and since we have a long international flight coming up, I told my husband I was going to slap him in the face every 30 minutes, to wake him up and get his heart rate to increase. Maybe your H would be willing to do that for you? 
Here’s what CDC says about blood clots.
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/travel.html
Safe travels and congrats on upcoming baby!
@HImom, that is some really great information. That young ladies story they linked, wow!
Yes the CDC has quite a bit of good info on that webpage as well as compelling stories by several women and a man who survived DVT and more. I guess I am fortunate I’m always squirming around on the planes. I have trouble finding a comfortable position. Seems like it’s a good thing NOT to sleep on planes–never have had much success doing so anyway.
Jym, I would get written permission from your ortho to fly just in case the airline folks question your ability to do so.
And yes, yes, yes to discussing DVT issues. I wear compression hose, take two blood thinners already, and my doc still has me do lovenox shots just prior to each flight. If you have known clotting issues (or significant family history) DISCUSS. Please!
Thanks. Well I haven’t had any issues, as I mentioned yes we have a family history of clotting issues. Goal now is to get a doc appointment.
My concern would be keeping your foot down in front of you the whole time. Do you currently keep it elevated? I’d be concerned about the swelling from flying making it more painful as well. I try and book window and aisle seats with the hope that no one will want the middle. Then we do switch around if that happens. Once you are up in the air, since you have bulkhead maybe you can put your leg up somehow.
Would the airlines really have any question as to whether I could fly? Ive gotten a letter in the reverse- having the doc write a letter for special arrangements (flew across country with a bakers cyst that required elevation of my leg) and I dont think I needed it. We just changed my seat.
I was actually thinking of getting a letter in case they say I cant fly, since I’ll be hit with a cancellation/reschedule fee. But I’ll do everything I can to be in California next week to meet my granddaughter, but dont want to be an inconvenience to them .
Oh, I forgot to mention ice. I still had some swelling, so brought ziploc bags and put ice in them to manage swelling. Blood clots weren’t an issue because I was on blood thinners.
I am NOT saying you will be like this - I’m going to share what happened with my first child. My mother in law had wrist surgery before I had my baby. But she wanted to be with this baby so badly and was so excited about it, she came days ahead of the due date and stayed through the first week. By the time my mom made it I was wiped out. I ended up having to also care for my mother in law. Nothing was outrageous, but she couldn’t really help at all and I ended up having to take care of her and have a new baby and recover from child birth. I don’t think my mom ever got over that.