Whoops, I guess I forgot the blog for a few days ...

I guess with Josalyn getting hurt, I kind of forgot we had a blog. We went to watch their second to last game of the season on April 30th and Josalyn was catching when we got there. Well, the runner on third came barreling in to home plate (and didn't slide even though she should have because Josalyn was there to make the play) and more or less body slammed into Josalyn. It may not sound too bad but this girl was about 6 to 8 inches taller than Josalyn and was probably 2 to 3 times her size weight-wise.

Needless to say, I was off the bleachers and running to home plate as soon as she was hit because I knew it was going to be bad. They had the paramedics come and check her out to make sure nothing was broken and that it was okay for us to move her. Thank goodness, she didn't break anything but her knee had doubled in size within a matter of minutes.

It was kind of nice for Josalyn when it came time to go to the ER though ... a very good looking paramedic carried her to our car so we could take her to the hospital. He had her laughing after he told her, "Lucky for you, I only drop people on Wednesdays." Josalyn looked at him and said, "It is Wednesday!" Then she realized it was a joke and started to laugh. He told her, "Well, then just pray I don't trip!"

After an exam by the ER doctors and 4 or 5 X-rays, they told us there were no fractures but they weren't sure if there was any torn ligaments, tendons, etc. They had her wear a knee immobilizer brace and gave her a pair of crutches. They told us if she wasn't better by Monday, she needed to see an orthopedic doctor. So, after going through all the insurance hoops of getting the referral from her regular doctor, we went to the orthopedist yesterday to make sure nothing was ripped or torn. He worked her knee over good, looked at her x-rays, and had her walk without her crutches and knee brace. He told us that she didn't have any signs of damage to any of the really important stuff and it was most likely deep bruising of her soft tissue.

He really broke her heart when he told her she couldn't participate in PE for the rest of the year and that she would need to do physical therapy with the trainer instead. Really though, I think she's just happy she doesn't have to have surgery and especially happy she doesn't have to give up playing softball.