After 21 days confined to a cat sack (or E collar, at the beginning):

On Thursday I took Malfi to the vet and had his bad leg wrapped.
My husband and I both had to work, and we let Malfi out of his bag for about 6 hours. Praying he would not mutilate his ramaining three paws that were almost healed from their terrible infection.
I anxiously arrived home to find my husband with Malfi (he got home 1 hour before me) and Malfi is still out of the bag! He did not damage his paws!
This is the threshold I've been wanting to cross for a long time.
Malfi licked off a little fur at the top of his bandaged leg, but I put more bandage on it, up higher.

You wouldn't believe the things he can do now. Hop around the room on three legs, he went potty twice, by himself. He ate out of his plate and drank out of his bowl. He found a snuggly place under a comforter on the floor. Although mama called him to come under the covers a few times, he would enter then had to leave again. Freedom calls!
He is so purry and happy.

Now, keep praying for him as I change the bandage on Saturday night, that his bad leg has gotten NO worse and hopefully better.