Last night was Amanda's
1st high school lacrosse game…She was soooo excited because she made varsity and was starting. It was raining pretty hard so I opted not to take the camera....so no pictures of the game....but....I was pleasantly surprised at how good she was. In the first half a girl fouled her and she felt a pop in the top part of her foot and then there was a lot of pain. Of course she continued to play….stinker. After the game she was limping a bit and told me her foot hurt. This morning she could hardly walk. It didn’t "look" like anything was wrong and she could move her toes and stuff. What do we do?? So, after much debate and a lot of saying, “hmmmm” Bob called the doctor and off we went. It ends up she severely injured/tore a ligament in the top of her foot. The doctor praised me for bringing her in because if she would have continued to use the foot, she would have had some permanent damage and would probably not be able to play sports or run much for the rest of her life…..Oh my goodness…that’s a little extreme!!! (But....I must say... I FINALLY felt so proud of myself for making the right decision to go to the doctor!! Usually I take my kids into the doctor and leave with a "you're an idiot, it's just a cold" look from the doctor.) Okay...back to Amanda....she got a hard cast, some crutches and a boot thingy to wear and is suppose to stay off of it for 3 weeks. After that, they’ll re-examine it and probably put a brace on it and she’ll go through some physical therapy. Can you EVEN believe it??? One good thing for me is that my schedule just significantly freed up....but...poor Amanda. She's always so active and happy. It's a really tragic bummer!!! (
For the above picture, I had Amanda put on her uniform and gear because I NEVER got a picture of her playing....another bummer)
9 comments:
OWWWWWW!!!!!!
I feel for Amanda. Two years ago, I broke a bone in my foot walking out to the van to go to church. It still hurts to this day, but I could not take the cast! My Dr made it too high for me to walk and I had to deal with Sean and Daniel's hospital appts. Fun times. I cut it off myself after the Doctor told me 4 more weeks and he wanted to do surgery. I am fine though it does hurt when I walk too much, like today at Disneyland.
Shelly
Serious Bummer for Amanda!!! What a rush of emotions first being so excited making varisity and starting. My heart goes out to her. Maybe to make the healing process more fun her dad could take her out to lunch once a week? I just know when I sprained my ankle twice in high school it was such a disappointment having to rest a foot when you would rather be having fun. Ya know? Hope it heals rapidly.
Emily
Amanda, you are a tough chick! I can't believe it did not hurt that bad. I have 0 tolerance for pain! WAY TO GO! Hopefully, she heals soon and can get back into the game! We would love to see pictures, but if not, get a few candids of her cheering her team on from the sidelines in her cast...it is still scrapbook material!
Congratulations on making a smart move heading to the doctors. I blame the internet for silly doctor visits. You start noticing symptoms in your child, so you look it up online and the next thing you know you really believe that your child might have some rare disease or infection that is spreading like wild fire! This leads you to the doctor...just to make sure...and of course it is nothing. But, you just never know! Even though this is a total bummer I know this won't stop Amanda! I love the story about her playing in the band. I could just imagine her laughing at herself and trying to look like she knew what she was doing. I'd like to see her play Dance Revolution with her boot!
What a bummer!!!! I broke my foot my senior year in high school...right during conditioning for soccer...so I totally feel for Amanda! Bites! We'll hope for a speedy recovery!
SO sad! What a bummer. Give her lots of TLC please.
KT
OH NO!!!! I am so sorry Amanda!!! I hope you aren't in lots of pain!! Hang in there!
Man. That's too bad. I'm sorry.
At least she's got her band career to fall back on, right? More cowbell, Amanda!
What a bummer! I don't think a cast and a pair of crutches could slow that amazing girl down one bit, though! (Well okay, maybe she'd be a little slower running on the Lacrosse field, but you know what I mean!) She is such a positive gal, so my positive thought to share about the situation is: the cast and bootie match nicely with her Lacrosse outfit!
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