Eliza's Injury

At gymnastics on Tuesday night, February 4th, Eliza was doing a front handspring on the floor and planted her foot between mats, jarring her left knee, then she landed badly and hyperextended the same knee.  She was in tears from the pain, and we got a call asking us to pick her up early.  When Ben arrived to bring Eliza home she adamantly asked to be allowed to stay for bars (her favorite event).  Ben brought her home.

We were worried about her having to put any weight at all on her knee, even using crutches, so we kept her home from school the rest of the week.  She hopped around here and there but mostly rested on Wednesday and Thursday.  She played Solitaire, read, watched some TV, and kept me company while I ran some errands.

I picked up some crutches on Friday morning and allowed her to practice moving around over the weekend, and she brought the crutches to school on Monday.  She thought she didn't need the crutches on Tuesday, but I encouraged her to use them anyway.

By Tuesday night Eliza was insistent that she was able to go to gymnastics, so I let her go, as long as she promised to take it easy and let her pain be her guide.  She reported afterward that she did take it easy and even stopped when she felt pain, which was only after running.  She was back at gymnastics the next night, and made up the day she missed the previous week by attending Friday, then competed at a meet on Saturday.  She didn't do as well as she would have liked to after the injury and brief recovery, but we're all glad that she's better and moving like normal again!