things look better this morning

ok...sounds like things are looking much better. they still don't have an xray but feel like she's improving and maybe this is more of a bad high ankle sprain than a break.

randy called last night and felt she was doing well. he had her hooked up watching a movie on his computer, keely the nurse was with her, they were now able to ice ( with popsicles) her ankle.

he felt since she was doing ok, maybe we shouldn't skype and potentially get her emotional...and me too.

 randy is our youth pastor. randy has probably been the most influential person in my girls lives outside of our family. i have the highest respect for him and am so grateful he is watching over the team.

he promised he'd call me at 8 am.

sure enough, at 8 am my cell phone rang. he wanted to tell me she had slept all night and didn't want to wake her. but since he had  promised to call, he did. 

he called later and told me her leg looked much better. there were two areas of concern, an area on her shin and then one her ankle. her shin was not even causing her any pain this morning!

he felt that because she slept well & her pain seemed to have decreased that they were going to immobilize it and keep her on motrin. 

they'll be traveling to Lima on saturday which is where the best facility is. if they feel she needs xrays, they'll get them done there.
i trust him completely and agreed with his assessment.

the other good thing is with them being in Lima
this is part of the trip emi has greatly been looking forward to.
not as much hiking, i don't think, which is good since she's on crutches
and they'll be working in the orphanage.
so she can hold babies
and love on little ones.
perfect.

i thanked him profusely. i told him that not only was i glad that he was the group leader being a responsible protective man and all but he was filling me in with all the emotional details that any mama would need to hear. i told him all the details he was giving me made me feel just like there was a woman there. 

another funny. yesterday right after the accident randy had told emily that he really didn't like the discolored area on her foot and ankle. that the bruising really worried him. she quickly reassured him that it wasn't a bruise but rather that her foot was just really dirty. no surprise there.

yesterday when the accident occurred, they were literally in the middle of nowhere. they were at the base of the third highest mountain in the western hemisphere. several of the girls were taking a jumping shot that looked like they were jumping off the mountain. emi landed weird and rolled her ankle but since she jumped onto a rock from a few feet up, the potential that she fractured her shin was a good possibility. i'm sure she was embarrassed and anxious being in an area with no running water, no ice , no nothing. randy had witnessed the entire thing & even joked that a cheerleader should be able to jump and not injure herself. oh well.

two years ago , savannah broke her ankle. her 3rd or 4th broken bone. she continued to tumble at practice that day and then proceeded to drive herself home. after a fitful night with much pain, woke up the next morning , headed to the doc and found out she'd broke it. i feel so relieved that not only does emily appear better, but that she slept so well. hopefully these are good signs.

we hope to be able to skype with her tonight.

thank you immensely for your prayers. 

it gave me so much comfort last night knowing that i had friends lifting her up.

not that this is earth shattering or life and death

but i truly truly appreciate you.

i thank you from the bottom of my heart...

& i'm certain emily does too