What Comes Around, cont.

So, to wrap up this little tale, let me explain that not only did Jillian have a red, tight, swollen heel, but she now had a virus called herpengina, similar to Hand, Foot and Mouth disease, only slightly more uncomfortable. We spent several days trying to find comfort. Imagine the worst mouth ulcer you've ever had and multiply it by 25. And now imagine that you have your foot in a bucket of ice. Makes you want to scream, doesn't it?

But Jillian was a trooper! She so rarely complains. And I'm not a mushy mom, but this time will go down in history as me at my MOST sympathetic. It took another trip back to the doctor to actually get the diagnosis and luckily he was able to prescribe some lip ointment that didn't make the sores worse and a mouth rinse that had a numbing effect, and Jilly was able to smile again.

And, lo and behold, we had gotten so focused on her top half that we almost missed the other amazing thing. She was able to walk again too. It happened suddenly. It happened overnight. It was as if the terrible achilles monster finally loosened her grip. And because her mouth was no longer on fire with pain, she shouted for joy.....and jumped a little for joy too.

Now I wish I could say this was the happy end of the story. Because this is the real world, we had real world complications. For the next 5 days Jillian continued to run a high, high fever that left her unable to do much more than sleep and ask when she would be better. A five day fever will zap anyone's energy, but it wreaks havoc on one who is expected to mount the beam with a press handstand.

She is back in the gym. It's the first of October. And somehow it feels like all our years start off like this. So, I'll hope for the best and I'll secretly believe that she's back to gentle tumbling already because of the week out of the gym. Because she was sick, she rested her foot like she could not have done still going to practice everyday.
Shhh..... I know that is blasphemy.... to say that being out of the gym is a good thing. LOL!