Granny Smith
Proud Parent
Well, as those who have been following know I went to the Ortho back on Thursday for dd to get her cast off before we travelled to Texas this past weekend and when I got to the office the entire Ortho dept was closed down and they never cancelled the appt. I was flaming hot! :hot: So off to Texas we went with dd in a cast. (Side note - we had a great time, even if she didn't compete!)
Came back on Monday and we were at the Ortho's office yesterday. We had our fingers crossed for good news and I think everyone who knows us was sending positive thoughts our ways (thanks to many of you!) Well, the good news (and that would be the only good news) is that the cast is off and she is more than half way healed. That's where all the good ends. She is now in an air cast boot for 4 weeks. States is totally out of the picture. I asked if she could start PT, which the Dr. responded no. So, she will not even start PT for another 4 weeks. Dd goes back to the Ortho on 3/15 and at which time she should be eligible to start PT. Dr also mentioned that she will go out of the boot and into some kind of brace.
I can say that she had a pretty bad break, but also the location is what makes it even worse and is making the Dr. proceed with caution. The good news is that when her foot is competely healed it will be 100% healed and should not give her any problems, so it's worth doing what is necessary for her to get to that point. She has so much more gymnastics ahead of her and like I said to her that she doesn't want to deal with constant pain for the rest of her career, so we are doing what she is told to do by the Dr and are waiting it out.
Dd had her tears and pity party in the Dr's office and it just included me. Now she is over it and will head back to the gym on Thurs (the next practice) and continue to train what she can and focus on getting her 9 skills when time allows.
To brighten the moment, in the car I told her that the other 13 yr old L8's should be darn happy that she can't do States because she would of killed them. She did chuckle and said that I was right! Even though I am Mom, I do believe that this is true!
Came back on Monday and we were at the Ortho's office yesterday. We had our fingers crossed for good news and I think everyone who knows us was sending positive thoughts our ways (thanks to many of you!) Well, the good news (and that would be the only good news) is that the cast is off and she is more than half way healed. That's where all the good ends. She is now in an air cast boot for 4 weeks. States is totally out of the picture. I asked if she could start PT, which the Dr. responded no. So, she will not even start PT for another 4 weeks. Dd goes back to the Ortho on 3/15 and at which time she should be eligible to start PT. Dr also mentioned that she will go out of the boot and into some kind of brace.
I can say that she had a pretty bad break, but also the location is what makes it even worse and is making the Dr. proceed with caution. The good news is that when her foot is competely healed it will be 100% healed and should not give her any problems, so it's worth doing what is necessary for her to get to that point. She has so much more gymnastics ahead of her and like I said to her that she doesn't want to deal with constant pain for the rest of her career, so we are doing what she is told to do by the Dr and are waiting it out.
Dd had her tears and pity party in the Dr's office and it just included me. Now she is over it and will head back to the gym on Thurs (the next practice) and continue to train what she can and focus on getting her 9 skills when time allows.
To brighten the moment, in the car I told her that the other 13 yr old L8's should be darn happy that she can't do States because she would of killed them. She did chuckle and said that I was right! Even though I am Mom, I do believe that this is true!
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