Saturday (4/22/06)

I am so bummed! Well I guess I pushed it a little too hard the last 2 days. After I left the gym yesterday my ankle seemed a little sore. By 7PM I got tears in my eyes while walking. It seems I pulled something in the back of my ankle. Whatever that is that connects your heel to your calf back there turns out to be pretty darn important. Last night we had to take Grace to IUK for a Young Readers Conference. I had on modest low heels. By the time we left there I was humbly walking out barefoot and with a limp. Of course I went straight to the experts. No not the hospital – I contacted Kim Coy. She said “ICE”. No not just a simple ice pack on the ankle. She said to fill a bucket with ice and water and then submerge your foot and ankle in it and then leave it there. She said it would burn but to leave it there as long as possible. So I did what she said and in my foot went into the bucket of ice water. Did you know ice is cold? Yeah! Really cold! After about 45 seconds I was ready to take it out. My precious and supportive husband was looking out for me though so he leaned on my knee so that it was physically impossible to lift my foot from the bucket. He reminded me that the searing pain throughout my entire foot from cold was going to help my ankle. And of course he had wise compassionate words to comfort me by. I think he said, “Honey you can do this! Pro athletes sometimes take an entire bath in ice water like this! You can keep your foot in here for 20 minutes!” OK now I have really weird mental pictures going on in my head. Personally I don’t think it’s humanly possible for a conscious person to stick their whole body in ice water. No way! But as usual Kim was right when my foot thawed and I had feeling back there was less pain in my ankle. Still I spent the day Saturday walking tenderly and avoiding stairs whenever possible. And Jason did take good care of me and let me lay on the couch Saturday night and prop my foot up – after another ice soak – while he took care of the kids and rented a movie for he and I. He really is the best!!!!!! But the saddest part of the weekend is that I had to cancel on the Race For the Cure Run. I was so bummed that Erin and I weren’t running it. We have VOWED to enter the next one we can find!