So I sprained my ankle pretty bad last week and have had it in a boot ever since. I've been on crutches but can walk without them, just slowly. I'm supposed to go easy on my foot and not walk too much.

Crutches are kind of big, would they be checked at the gate? Or can you carry those on? Ideally I would leave them at home so I don't have to deal with them. But then I would probably want to use a wheelchair around the airport to go easy on my ankle, and wouldn't have use of the crutches at my conference.

Any comments on what UA will do with my crutches if I try to bring them?