Return of the Wild

I saw the raccoon last night. We stepped outside, and ten feet past the door was a raccoon. He saw us, and bolted across the street. The old raccoon from last year was lame in one foot. Could this be that same one, or only another? Do raccoons have good health plans and get casts during the winter? I don't know if my last year raccoon was limping to favor a sore foot, or had a broken leg. He was a sure slow tree climber, you have to admit that.