Cankle Update

Okay this is going to sound silly but my foot is no longer broken. The doctor sent me to an orthopedic and he concluded different than the doctor did. The orthopedic looked at the x-rays and said not broken. However my non broken streak is not back on. The orthopedic said that he saw evidence of past bone chips on the inside of my ankle that had healed and smoothed over. Strange isn't it. So my 27 year streak wasn't really there.

Good news is that the swelling is going down and I am getting back to normal.

Viva Las Vegas

Recently Greg and I took Tori and Whitney to a gymnastics meet in Vegas...(not my favorite place to visit by any means, but we thought it'd be a fun weekend getaway nonetheless). Tori had gotten a nice little shiner the week before while playing with cousins. Greg agreed to come on one condition- that he could go to one of those famous Vegas all-you-can-eat buffets. I was excited to see Tori compete (and somewhat relive one of my own favorite pastime sports), and to shop!! (I have found that it is suddenly waaaay more fun to shop for the baby then myself now...) So off we went. We stayed at 'The Orleans' (closest hotel to the gym)- which aside from the yucky casino smoke, was great!

CANKLE UPDATE!!!

In a recent visit to the doctor, x-rays confirm that this Cankle is no ordinary sprain. I thought that after a week of steady ice and rest, my cankle would return to ankle form. But when the swelling didn't go down I decided to get a picture taken. And there is was, a small chip fracture. My long 27 almost 28 year streak of unbroken bones comes to an end. And FREAK it is just a small little guy. All the years of serious basketball and sports competition with no broken bones and then this little tiny guy break. I have a follow up doctor visit today with my primary doctor and hopefully I can get copies of the x-ray to post.

Please remember that all sympathy and spoiling is appreciated and deserved at this time.

Ankle, More like CANKLE!

I don't think I can really do justice with words what can be said with pictures. You probably looked at the pictures which sparked your interest in what I have to say anyway. So here is the story of my ankle sprain.

I recently joined a city league basketball team nearby in Chino, Ca. We play every Monday night and have been playing for over a month now. I have been playing well and having a lot of fun. It does help when you are the biggest guy out there. Well about 7 minutes into last night's game I went up high for a rebound. As I grabbed the ball I sensed that there was someone around my legs. The smallest guy on the court decided to park himself right under me after I jumped. I looked down in time to see him sliding right in under me. Now I have gotten used to this as many of the players in the league don't have a lot of game experience. Every game I have guys pushing on my legs as I jump in the air. I have to be a little cautious every time.

So as I am coming down from the rebound I tried to avoid the little man underneath me, but there was little I could do. My left foot came right down on the back of his foot. There was nothing I could do as I watched my ankle bend under the strain of my landing. Brittany said she doesn't remeber me yelling when it happened but did as I lay on the ground. It hurt like crazy, but mostly I was just really annoyed and aggrivated that I had sprained my ankle.