MRI Results

Annelise’s MRI took TWO days! :-P (The magnets went down when she was in the middle of imaging, so we had to go back.)

Full results: “grade 3 lateral ankle sprain manifested by a full-thickness mid substance tear of the anterior talofibular ligament and disruption of the calcaneofibular ligament, and a small ankle joint effusion”

Translation: Annelise has 2 complete grade 3 ligament tears - ATFL& CFL

The doctor says no surgery at this point...which was actually devastating for her, b/c she would rather go through a few months of awful but be able to get back to wrestling faster, than to have 8 sloooow months of gradual healing. She's sooo bummed! Whataburger shakes & fries to soothe? Meh, not really…but we tried!

8 months = we both did the math, and the doctor estimates her possibly being able to jump & cut from side to side on it, again, by Aug/Sept, so here’s to hope & positive prayers for her junior year of wrestling!!! …But that also seems so far away: right now, she is supposed to keep it as immobilized as possible still. The doctor said she can begin to gently flex the foot up & down, (just within whatever her available range of motion is, not to a point of pain,) but not at all from side to side. She couldn’t point or flex literally at all when the doctor told her to try, so we’re still weeks away from the promise of PT.

Staying the course in her boot + new pain meds for the next few weeks… Keep praying! ❤️

Closing with a tiny teaser re: something big coming soon:

Our fence, which was partially blown down in a windstorm over 4 weeks ago now, is *finally* being repaired! As soon as it’s completed, something else exciting is happening here… Stay tuned!!!