So our little soccer player Olivia broke her finger! She's been loving soccer this season so it's very sad to see her injured. She hasn't played for a couple of years- she played one season when she was 4-5 years old. Suddenly, she's on fire this season. She gets out there and runs hard, passes the ball, keeps it in control, shoots and actually scores! We're not sure where she got these skills all of the sudden, but we're going with it!
It's been 2 weeks since it happened, but with the computer issues we've been having, I am just getting to blog about it. It's the first broken bone in our family (and hopefully the last!) It happened during a soccer game when Olivia fell onto her hand after gettting tripped up in the crowd (seven year old girls still play Bunch Ball). Olivia is pretty tough, so she kept playing the game but complained about it once we got home. We saw that it was swollen so we iced it and assumed it was a sprain. We put a popsicle stick under it and taped it to the next finger over, hoping it would help.
Fast forward to Friday evening... finger still black and blue... finger still swollen... finger looks broken. It was just a little bent, not completely mangled or anything, but definitely not healing. We had to get her to the doctor. It was Monday when we finally got x-rays which confirmed that she had broken her pinky- in the last joint, near the hand and conveniently near the growth plate. Argh! The doctor splinted it and buddy wrapped it with her ring finger.
Over the past two weeks we have wrapped and re-wrapped it. FYI, splints don't stay on a little 7 year old hand. It keeps slipping off and when we try to wrap it tighter she complains that the 'buddy' finger is going numb. I hope that there is some healing going on in there. The doctor says we will x-ray again after 3 weeks to see if it's better. I
n the meantime, she hasn't gotten out of doing much except piano practice, even though it's her right hand. She writes, albeit sloppy, and does chores and still plays soccer although the last game was a nightmare. Up until then, she averaged 2 goals per game (usually the only goals for her team). It's been fun to see her develop a love for soccer this season. Just the other day she was begging to play indoor this winter!! She said, "I just LOVE soccer so much!" Cute. I just don't love broken fingers so much!
8 comments:
About the soccer: that is so exciting!!! (Although I am a tiny bit partial.)
About the finger: I am so sorry!!! I hope it heals quickly.
She's such a champ to keep playing with a broken finger!
Oh what an ordeal with a broken finger! Luckily we haven't experienced any broken bones over here.
Ouch!! She is a real woman (like here mom) to keep playing with a broken bone. It's so great that she loves soccer and is great at playing it too. I think sports are so important for girls! Way to go Olivia!
Major bummer. Hope it heals quickly. Glad to see it hasn't slowed her down much. She's one tough cookie.
Stick-to-itness! That's Olivia.
Oh and what a lovely new computer you have my dear (said with a Russian accent).
oh no, poor little thing...amazing how they are resilient and even if it is on the finger at least her feet are kicking the ball....love the uniform....oh! I was just thinking we DID NOT TAKE A PICTURE at your mom's ....how can that be??????? oh my, I will have to go and see you again! too bad I did not have your home address to stop by and surprise you....oh, I forgot I did not have a car....it was tough, but I am glad I saw you briefly!
I love girls in soccer gear! I hope she heals quickly and with as little of pain as possible!
How are you doing with the non running? I'm getting my knee scoped Tuesday (I'm kind of freaking out) for them to shave a PICA (don't know how its spelled) from the inside of me knee. He said I coud run in 304 weeks, so we'll see...
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