Sheila's Laid Up for a Bit
We went to an ice rink on Sunday for Sheila's first practice session in about two decades or so. She did fairly well during that first session. She was a bit stiff-legged but she did well. During that first session, she noticed that one of her skates wasn't sharpened properly so we had them sharpened again today at lunchtime. This evening, we headed to the rink again so Sheila could practice.
She was doing very well this evening and it was obvious she was feeling more comfortable on skates. She was making more progress than in her first session, that is, until she had a bit of a slow motion fall. While trying to ease her fall to the ice, she did something to her right leg. Her right leg sort of twisted and collapsed under her.
As she limped off the ice, it was pretty obvious that she could barely walk on it so I drove us home. She's been on the couch with a heating pad because she thinks it is a cramped and pulled quad muscle. Even if it is only a muscle issue that is this bad, this will require some time to heal before she can skate again. At the moment, she can barely walk!
In the meantime, she needs to work at her desk tomorrow and try to fit in some time to stretch whenever possible. We'll see how well sitting at her desk all day tomorrow works out. She said she may try to work with just her laptop while sitting on the couch with a heating pad.
Anyway, it looks like she'll be laid up for a while. I'm not too sure how much skating time she'll get to squeeze in before our trip to Manhattan now. I suppose the biggest concern is whether or not she'll be able to walk around Manhattan!
cool,lukas
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