Well, I'm not a Doctor. But I've gone through broken ribs/sternum injuries at least twice. It sucks.
You can't expand your lungs. You can't cough, sneeze, laugh, fart, and excretion of solid waste is sometimes complicated.
So Doctor Jacko, given that you have not seen the pictures, what is your best guess of Ellsbury's return to play?
I was f***ed up for at least four weeks and I was not playing sports.