Broken toe... walking boot?

I probably need to call urgent care back and find out when or if I need to go back to see them for a followup. I imagine in a few weeks I'll need another xray or something to make sure it's healing right lol. It's MUCH better than the day I did it, but I still can't bend it without something hurting so that tells me I shouldn't be bending it yet.

I was chasing my friend's son down a dirt hill because he shoved open my car door when I was backing out of the driveway and ran because he didn't want to go to school. I didn't want him to get hit by a car and I also didn't want the other kids to be late for school, so I jammed the car into park, got out, and tore off after him. I know better now than to run down a steep dirt hill in a pair of flip flops but at the moment, I wsn't thinking about myself at all lol. When I went to urgent care finally, I still didn't really think it was actually BROKEN, and I was hoping maybe 'light duty' ie not walking around on it normally (since I can't bend it without it hurting) for a week would be enough for it to heal but no, of course not it's actually broken but at least not smashed or displaced. The doctor wanted me to not be up and around on it but I told him that I can't carry a kid if I'm on crutches and I have to be able to get around because of kids. I've been trying to stay off it as much as I can though in the meantime. They gave me this walking boot thing that is too big, but it's hard and flat at the bottom so it keeps me from bending my foot, so I can walk even though I'm very slow. Most of the swelling has gone down, although my toe is still purple and part of my foot is purple. It is driving me nuts because my favorite source of stress relief is RUNNING and I can't RUN lol. I went to the store the other day and it took me an HOUR to get the stuff I had run out of because I hadn't been to the store in a week lol. I'm just grateful that the kids take a minimum of supervision once they are at home. My biggest source of irritation was that it's harder to drive and it takes me longer to walk when I do walk, and carrying kids or kids' backpacks or diaper bags or jackets or really anything is harder and I have to be very clear with them that they all have to hold hands and walk right in front of me and NOT run off because I can't chase anybody. I realize I look ridiculous hobbling around but so many people keep telling me if I try to do too much too soon I might damage my toe more, ugh.

I'm just waiting for it to heal enough to un-purple and for the swelling to go away, because then maybe it will be solid enough that I can start to bend it again and wear my shoes lol. I am not good with things like having to slow down, bedrest for an injury, pregnancy, or illness would kill me. I'd go crazy lol.

The boot thingy is helping... it's not one of those big velcro ones that encases your leg up to your knee, it just goes up to my ankle. It's flat and hard on the bottom so my foot/toes are unable to bend, and I'm walking mostly on the heel and outside of it - I limp pretty bad right now. Until I can start bending my foot normally I'm going to limp, and I'm going to be really slow. I thought maybe I could have my toe taped but urgent care wanted me to use this boot thing instead, they sent me on a wild goose chase all over town and calling dozens of places trying to fill a prescription for one because the ones they had were either way too small or too big. When I finally got ahold of them again, they said I could try the medium one and I did. It's much less painful than trying to get around with a shoe, or barefoot, both put pressure on my toe.