Horribly. They had to cut my boot off. My lower leg and foot were black. I was on my back for a few weeks, and on crutches for a few months. If I remember correctly, the entire healing process took over a year. But I've had lots of joint injuries that took a year to three years for complete healing. Indeed, my left elbow right now is still healing from an injury that occurred in my sleep!
Nice report, PNW, thanks. It looks like you now have an eager hiking partner. I've run into the same snow problems locally, it's hanging in later than usual for this area. As recent as last week, the mountains were still getting snow as low as 400M (1300') so upper watersheds are still not reachable. That wet spring snow is really easy to got bogged down in.