So Erica was playing at the skate park before Sam's baseball practice and decided to "leap" into the skate pool (no she was not skateboarding). Her intent was to slide down the side of the pool on her butt, but her ankle caught her fall. She screamed from the bottom of the pool as if her foot had been cut off. Rather than an, "Oh no! Are you okay?"...my response to her was, "Seriously?!?" After another visit to urgent care, x-rays revealed that she badly sprained her ankle. Luckily no break. After 8 days of crutches, air cast, ibuprofen, ice and much complaining, she is beginning to bear putting a bit of weight on her foot. Hoping that Monday she will be crutch free. Fingers crossed.
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| Yup! That's the spot she jumped! |
Several "not so" amusing stories related to this most recent injury:
- As Erica was moaning and gritting through the pain 20 minutes after her injury, she muttered, "Mr. Walz was right." I asked about what? She said she was playing with her friends crutches earlier in the day and Mr. Walz cautioned her to not play with them because it was bad luck. Probably the last time she'll ever play around with crutches ever again.
- Three of Erica's friends, including two of her closest friends, are all using crutches this week from varied injuries. It's as if they've started a Crutch Club.
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| The Crutch Club |
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