Wilson get-well clinic

Last night we went roller skating for Family Night - usually a fun activity. We had been there for less than 20 minutes when I look over and Rylee is on the ground crying with about 5 or 6 people hovered over her. I skate over and see them taking off her skate to reveal a swollen ankle. She had been pushed by someone and tried to keep her balance then she heard a snap and couldn't put any pressure on it. So...I call the on call pediatrician and they say to come right in and have it x-rayed. We load in the car and head to the hospital. About an hour later, we were having an x-ray taken and they say it's not broken, just a bad sprain. Good news...except that she has a clogging competition at Thanksgiving Point on Friday. We asked the Dr. if there was any way that she would be able to dance on Friday and he was very reassuring. She is to keep it elevated, wear a wrap and only walk on it if she wears an air cast and keep plenty of Ibuprofen in her system to help keep the swelling down. This is what today has been like for her...

She's been doing a lot of reading and watching T.V. but she is already BORED!!

We are hoping to ice it and keep it elevated for the rest of this week so that she can compete on Friday!

This wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't had this to deal with all weekend...

Coleman came out of school last Friday complaining of a headache. I felt his head and he had a fever. I brought him home and took his temperature...102.7. So I give him some liquid Advil and he fell right to sleep. He gets feeling much better and actually has a lot of energy when the Advil kicks in, but when it wears off he is so lethargic and his fever shoots right back up. I got worried and made an appointment to have him checked out because he had been like that for 4 days. The Dr. took a strep test and it came up negative - of course! But he says he almost 100% sure that it is strep so he is sending the culture to the lab. The Dr. also said that there is a possibility that it is mononucleosis - GREAT!! Because we don't know what it is exactly until the lab results come back, we were told to keep him home from school. He was thrilled!! We started him on antibiotics and he is doing much better today...hopefully the results will be back by Thursday and he can go back to school!

So if you have any good DVD's to watch or any good books to read, we are open to suggestions! It looks like we have a few days left in the Wilson get-well clinic!