Shurtleff talks about leg surgery

Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has been posting updates about his leg with an Internet blog, but today he talked to us about what it's really like.

"I hurt, but other then that I'm fine. I've got the leg up and trying to get better," Shurtleff said.

Shurtleff's leg is now in a metal frame with four large steel rings that go around leg, held to the leg by large screws and wires running through the bone. Though the process is painful, Shurtleff's doctor told him this was his last hope to save his leg.

"Last Wednesday I went in and he said, ‘You have two options. Amputation, and I said, ‘What, are you kidding me?' Or this technique. There's nothing else they can try and do, they've tried everything else."

Shurtleff was hoping to attend the Republican National Convention but says he's staying connected with his BlackBerry and laptop.

The complications stem from a motorcycle crash about a year ago in which Shurtleff broke several bones in his leg.

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