As for me...

Here's an ankle update:

Wednesday of spring break, so March 30, I walked on my foot when it was asleep (who doesn't, right?) and it twisted out from under me and went "pop" and I went, "Ack!" and I feel on the ground. Since then I have been limping about, and though walking on it in gerneal is fine, if it moves slightly left or right I have a sharp pain in my ankle. Thus today, after being pursuaded by Eric, I went to the health clinic on campus. They're very nice there, I like them. The wait was not too long, all things considered. And my friend D was with me the whole time making sure they didn't hurt me too much.

So I go in, get my "vitals" checked and find out I'm healthy. Yay! Good for me!! :) Then the nurse presses on a spot on my foot... no I take that back. She presses on the sore spot in my foot (although there are really like 3 of them) and I yelled out, "Oww!" She looked concerned and asked how I felt about an X-ray. I'd never had an X-ray before and I was delighted!! (the cost of an X-ray did not delight me nearly as much but I still agreed. I was delighted, none the less!)

The X-ray man was fun. I told him it was my fist X-ray. He was amazed and said that most kids always have to have an X-ray. I told him I was a very cautious child. He turned my foot this way and took a picture. He turned my foot that way and took another picture. He turned my foot a third, and most painfully way and took the last picture. When the X-rays returned I was able to look at them. I got t see my bones! Happy Footie!! I had very nice bones! So nice infact that there was nothing wrong with them. So much for the cost of the X-rays. Yet, I still got my first X-rays done today! hehe!!

So, I was moved to a third room and the doctor came in told me there was nothing wrong with me other than a sprain, possibly in the ligaments (or did she say tendons?) Which just means I could easily roll my ankle again and possibly do some real damage. So, the fit me for an ankle brace. Very stylish... black and all strappy. Woo-woo! They even wanted to give me crutches, but I figured that I'd been walking on it for over a week now, so I can keep walking. Over all (again minus the total $94 visit) it was a pleasant time! I got to have X-rays done, found out I was not broken and got a new ankle brace accessory added to my wardrobe.

So, life is good, I am happy and when the swelling and bruising go down and I can jump down the stair-well in our dorm again instead of taking the elevator, I'll be even happier! Hooray!