Glory Days Gone Awry

10/26/07

Dolly spearheaded an effort this afternoon which came to fruition in making Big Z a balloon bouquet tied to a bag of candy. Tonight was the last home-field game played by the football team & homage is paid to the graduating seniors. I even talked my husband into going! He brought the cam-corder though it didn’t get used much because he was shaking a bit from asthma & the cold. We stood on the sidelines & waited out turn, when our son’s # was called we went up & had a photo taken with him. The cheerleaders also paid tribute to each of the senior football players with little gifts.

My niece had watched the boys for us so they would not be exposed to the cold. The game was going fairly evenly despite the enormous size of the opposing team. Z was credited with at least 1 tackle & a stop, he held his own very well against the others. Then, we saw 2 players helping our son off of the field. The trainer looked at him & I was told the other gentleman with him was the new orthopedic / sports medicine doctor in town. The good news is that it is currently believed that there is no break; however, there is at the very least a severe sprain to his right ankle. He was given the use of crutches which were too short for him but better than nothing. His ankle was wrapped with an ice pack & he stood barefoot on the sidelines watching the outcome of the game. He insisted on waiting until tomorrow morning for the x-ray I insisted he carpool with his sister & let her drive, hopefully that advice will be heeded. The orthopedist told us he has access to the x-rays on-line from his home & can call us Monday with the results. The trainer told us if we get the x-ray done tomorrow morning & it is just a severe sprain that he will start Z on e-stim & strengthening exercises.

The poor guy was so angry about the situation but he did a really good job holding it together. To top off his frustrations his girlfriend wasn’t allowed to go to the game nor the dance. In my mind this is a good intervention although unknown at the time, because this meant the outcome was him coming straight home from the game with his sister. My husband works tomorrow so I will have my niece or daughter watch the little guys for me to take Z to the ER & then to the football field-house / training room. Wish us luck!! Thank you for reading & Be Blessed Dear Readers!