The day started out good running with Barry down Pocatello Creek Rd. I ran 11.2 miles at a 6:44 pace in 1:14. It felt good even though I was tired from all the work hours with the Google project. Then later that day my daughter had a soccer game and got kicked really, really, really, hard in the shin by the opposing team's girl's foot. When my daughter was going down she heard a snap. I rushed over on the field and she was in pain and she said her leg made a snapping noise and she couldn't move it at all. I immediately took her to the truck and rushed her to the hospital. After 3 hours including x-rays at the hospital she completely broke her tibula. We will have to have it in a cast in 3 days when the swelling goes down, but she will have to stay off of it for 6 weeks. If the tibula bone moves at all during the healing she will have to have surgery done, and a rod will have to be put in. We have to be careful and make sure she does not put weight on it. She will have to use the crutches like a pro. Right now they put her in a splint until the swelling goes down.
What's sad is she had a XC tournament on Friday for 8th grade and she finished in 8th place out of 102 runner for the 2 mile run. The city race is next week and of course she will have to miss it. She was actually starting to like XC more than Soccer. She broke my heart when she cried and said " Dad I can't do XC or soccer anymore this year". I wanted to cry but I was strong for her.
Anyway, I've been to the emergency room the last three weekends and during the week. First with my mom, then grandpa then grandma, then father-in-law and finally my daughter. Wow what a month.
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