Taylor's Fractured Ankle

*This isn't terribly graphic, but if broken bones or swelling make you cringe, you may want to skip this one!

Well, we made it a little over a year without Taylor breaking another bone!  She was on day 2 of volleyball camp when she jumped up and landed on another girl's foot... her foot rolled, and she heard two cracks. It was a little swollen. We all thought she probably sprained it, so we had her ice and elevate her ankle all day.  She used one of the two pairs of crutches we have already, thanks to Sydney. ;)  As the day went on, it continued to swell.

Right after she hurt it (right side)

A few hours later (on the left in this pic)

One of our neighbors is a foot doctor, so he squeezed us in the next day, to get it checked out just in case.  

Check out how swollen it was while we were there:

The doc told us that yep, it's definitely fractured!  The fracture went almost all the way across her ankle bone.  

Luckily, no cast was needed... she could just wear a boot.  She has to wear the boot for 4-6 weeks, and no sports for 6-8 weeks.  

She had to miss out on a couple of big basketball tournaments, which has been a bummer.  However, she's been the biggest trooper- she has not once complained!!  She logged a lot of miles in Canada, too.  We get her checked out this week (4 week check up) so I'm hoping the healing is looking good so far.  Fingers crossed!

Update: her fracture is healing nicely and she is able to be out of the boot!  She just has to wear a sturdy ankle brace for the next month.