Finishing up cold coffee

 It's the day of surgery for Katey's torn Achilles tendon damaged just before half time at Sunday's soccer game.  Her team will killing their opponents which are the first place team in the league.  Ultimately the score was 7-0 in their favor.  It rained in torrents throughout the event.  All the players were soaked and the artificial turf was wet and slippery.  Returning for her third game, she was playing her best in a long time.  Most of her teammates were former college players in their thirties, and very intense to say the least. 

At nearly half time, she ran up in front of Andrew and me and made a bad move, not even falling.  Thought she was hit from behind but there was no one there.  We even heard something from the sidelines. Hobbling over to the bench, she was attended to by a fellow player that happened to be a physical therapist. She knew what had happened, splinted the injury and off we went to the VA hospital.  

Judy was away for a scheduled visit to her family.  Nurse Andrew became our medical expert at the ER.  The injury was casted and wrapped and we went home.  Three. more visits this week to the hospital, home health equipment provided and MRI and pre-opt testing.  Judy's flight was cancelled and she arrived Wednesday morning.  My organization queen sorted thru the mess and we are somewhat together.  

This is going to be a long process of recovery with lots of baby steps and I am sure many pitfalls.  It is remarkable the adjustments you can make in your life when you need to.  We are getting much help from friend Christina tending to Apollo.  This will be a "one day at a time" path to recovery. 

This is an old shot of me and her taken a couple of summers ago.  Leaving at 9am for today's adventure.

all for now

stay safe