We Now Own Crutches

 You would think we would have picked up crutches sometime in the past 10 years when there were a lot of injuries occurring here,  but no, we didn't. Victoria and Kade both borrowed them for a short time. It was for Kade's knee and Victoria's ankle, but they were never told they needed them, we just borrowed them because it would help the healing process go more quickly. We own a pair now, and luckily, the few days Erik used them were sufficient. And we have crutches to lend out!

Here's the story. 

Remember Erik's last game of the season in June? He had injured his ankle pretty badly. The coach had to carry him off the field. We declared it sprained, without seeing a doctor, because it didn't have any outward signs of a break and he ended up walking on it okay. Jason got him a brace to wear at try-outs for Plymouth Reign, which he didn't play as well because of his injury, but it eventually healed. 

Well, last week at school he played soccer and I guess he rolled that same ankle, though that was news to me as he never mentioned it until Monday when he did the same thing at soccer practice. Tuesday was his xc meet and the terrain was a little rough, so by the end, he was in a lot of pain. I had to help him limp back to the car. When we got home, he was writhing in pain and I couldn't get him out of the car. I was starving, so I finally convinced him to let me help him out so we could eat. I called Jason as well and we decided I should take him to the urgent care after we ate. Since it was in the evening and they were closing in a couple hours, the backups were there. After his x-ray, they told me that it looked like the growth plate had been separated, but he couldn't tell for sure. He would call us at 8 when they closed after the other tech got a look at it. In the meantime, after watching Erik limp on it, he declared they wrap it with the hard brace and Erik get crutches. If it wasn't actually broken, we could take the hard brace off and wrap it in whatever we liked. 

He finished the meet, even in pain!

He got to ride in a wheelchair at the UC.

And we still can't see the braces on his teeth here...

I went to my first night of tap class directly afterward, so Jason took the call. It isn't broken, but Erik used the crutches the next few days at school to make sure he stayed off his ankle and could rest it. We also got this nice brace that he's been able to use without the crutches now. We're hoping if he stays off it for this week, he'll be able to go back to some soccer and xc again. Luckily, kids heal so quickly! I just hope he doesn't reinjure it again!

Here's his new brace. It's pretty good.