Lindsey's Ankle Injury Update

Air cast and Crutches

My poor baby girl was in gymnastic having fun when she landed the wrong way, we figured it was just a little sore and that she would be back on the mats before practice was over, well it wasn't getting any better and she had to sit out the rest of the time.  We took her home and even before we walked into the house it had swelled up like a softball, so we had her elevate it and put ice on it to help with the swelling.  After 30 minutes it was not helping and we decided to take her to a Children's Urgent Care to get it looked at.

We arrived and checked in around 6:30pm after waiting for about 45 minutes, we finally saw the doctor who looked it and said it was more then likely sprained and not broken but we wanted x-ray's done to make sure.  The x-ray's didn't show any fractures but it was going to be sent off to a radiologist to confirm.  At this point the doctor said she needed to wear an air cast and have crutches for at least 7 to 10 day's with a follow up to see our pediatric doctor.  After being there about two hours we finally finished up and went home.

Two weeks ago, swollen and sore.

The first two nights were very long as our poor baby was in so much pain, she wasn't able to sleep or move around without her foot bothering her.  We iced and elevated when we could.  We had our first follow up appointment last Thursday with our pediatric doctor, she informed us that she wanted Lindsey to stay in the air cast for at least another week and using her crutches during school.  No physical activities including soccer, gymnastics or PE for at least 10 day's and wanted her to come back this week for another follow up to see how she was doing. 

Took her in today for another follow up to see the doctor and this time the bruising on her foot was really bad and still swollen which was a good thing, it meant that her foot was finally healing.  She was able to move her foot and ankle much better during today's visit and is now starting to walk around with just her air cast on it.  The doctor still wants her in the air cast for another two weeks with no soccer, gymnastics or PE until it's 100%.  Even after the air cast comes off, she will need to be in an athletic brace to help support her ankle while doing sports for another 4 weeks after that.  The doctor said it was not broken but it was a very bad sprain that almost turned to a broken foot, so thank goodness it wasn't broken.  We have another follow up in two more weeks, we are hoping to get the green light that she will almost be back to normal and ready to get back on the field to play soccer.

This is how it looks today.

We should have just stuck to soccer...hahaha.  Lindsey is very sad as she will be missing her first two games with her new team, she has been so excited to play and then gets hurt so it only makes it worse.  We will be working on her daily exercise and using DoTerra Deep Blue to help heal her back to normal.

I will post her next update on my blog when we see the doctor in a few weeks.