My Left Foot, starring Erica

Saturday started out normal enough. As usual, we set the alarm for 8 AM and then slept until almost 10 AM. That was nice. I dropped Erica off at the library so she could work on a paper while I mowed the lawn and ran some errands. A little after noon we headed off to Erica's rugby game. We were about 40 minutes late (still almost an hour before the game started) which is probably why Erica didn't play the first half. The Jazz played The Black Ice, a team from Denver. The Black Ice weren't very good and The Jazz were killing them. Erica got out on the field to start the second half and she was looking good. She carried the ball several times and was putting a general hurting on the other team. Then one of the girls on The Black Ice went down and rolled on top of Erica's foot and here is the result:

Erica's foot would not support any weight and she was in a great deal of pain. Things didn't look right when she moved it, so we decided the best thing we could do was go to the ER and get it checked out. Of course, Erica had to drive herself because I had had a few too many beers while spectating (a rugby tradition). We went to the ER at KUMed, hoping maybe we could get some "special treatment" because Erica worked there. They were all out of "special treatment" that day. After almost two hours of sitting around we finally got Erica's foot x-rayed and found out the good news that there were no broken bones. That didn't ease Erica's pain, nor did the fashionable boot that we left with:

We are strictly adhering to the prescription of foot elevation and massive quantities of Ibuprofen. If things are not improving after a week then further action may be required. I need to go pick up a hacksaw just in case :) I have changed my flight schedule and I will be staying in KC until Wednesday morning. This way I can make sure that Erica gets to work and school OK. I need to get her a bell so she can ring it whenever she needs anything.

Hopefully Erica's foot improves rapidly so she can play in next weekends game in Colorado. I know everyone in Colorado wants to go see her make girls cry.