Oh, give me a break!

In what certainly wins the award for Biggest Bummer of the Season, Jeremy found out today that his ankle is broken and football is a no-go for this year!!! Joint boo-hoo everyone! Jeremy (along with Jonathan) has been running, doing sit ups, pull ups, push ups...all kinds of "ups" this summer to be ready for what promised to be a fabulous season for the FEAST Patriots middle school team. In fact, through a set of God-ordained circumstances (and not all happy ones!), Michael is even the head coach for the year. He was pumped about J&J and several of their really big and fast friends dominating the gridiron this fall. But all that changed when Jeremy was at practice on Tuesday afternoon. He was warming up, running backward and twisted his ankle. One of the dad's who is helping to coach has a background in sports medicine (OK, how awesome is that!! We'd prayed for coaches to come alongside Michael to help, and God provided not only a coach but one w/ that kind of background!!). He took Jeremy aside, iced his ankle, wrapped it up, and gave him very specific instructions on what to do over the next couple of days. We followed them to a "T", but still the swelling didn't go down in his foot. It looked horrible! Like a diabetic foot or pre-eclamsic 9month pregnant lady foot. Jeremy thought it looked cool....I thought it looked very problematic. So, Michael and I decided last night that we'd take him in to the doctor today. As God would have it, we got a flyer in the mail yesterday about a new urgent care facility that opened in Castroville that has x-ray capabilites. So, (after we spent 2 hours at the orthodontist for a regular visit) we went there. It was great. We had NO wait (shocker!) and the doctor was very funny and very helpful! It was a great experience, except for the horrible news.

The doctor put a splint on it, gave Jeremy some crutches and referred us to a pediatric orthopedic dr. that we're going to see tomorrow. The break is on the growth plate in his ankle, so there is a possiblity that he may have to have surgery to put a pin in to repair the bone so the growth isn't affected on that ankle. We're praying that won't be necessary!! We'll take a cast at this point! Actually, we'll just pray for a miracle and that his foot is completely healed all the way, even tonight!! :-)

Jeremy's taking it like a trooper....surprise, surprise! He's really bummed about not playing football this year, because he's already said that he doesn't think he wants to play JV next year. He was very excited about being the big kid on the team this year! We'll see what great things God has planned for him this fall!