It happened late last night. The dreaded call from our college girl. Gentry texted a horrible photo of her foot. She was jumping at a tumbling gym down in Provo with her friends. She was on a trampoline and she jumped off it wrong. She said she immediately knew she had landed weird. She could not stand up and she was in pain. She did not want to cry with her friends there. She said she KNEW something was seriously wrong. Her friend Danielle, wanted her to go to the ER and have her foot checked.
Gentry wanted to wait because her dad Ty (my husband) is a foot and ankle doctor. So she wanted to have him exam her. We got the photo text about 11pm. We immediately called Gentry. Ty knew it did not look good and that her foot was HUGE and swollen. So this morning, she came up from BYU and we went straight to Ty's office. He took exams and confirmed that she had broken her foot in TWO places. In fact, they are rare breaks to see.
The good news is that she will NOT have to have surgery at this point. The bad is that she is going to be in a cast boot and non-weight bearing for at least SIX weeks.
Her foot is double the size (at least) of it's normal size.
The hard part is for the next three days she has to be completely down in bed with her foot elevated and iced. She has finals this coming Mon-Wednesday at school.
I've been such a emotional mom today... cried at LEAST three times. As her mother, I feel pain knowing she is in pain. I wish I could take it away. I can't.
THANKFULLY- she is positive and happy.
She knows I will go down and help her pack up her dorm room, help her load the car and clean her part in the apartment for final inspection. She has to move from her apartment on Wednesday. I am happy to help her. That is what mom's do...they love and take care of their children. I will be able to serve her more in the next six weeks.
Today has been a hard day but I know it will all be okay....
