Championships and Sprained Ankles

Thursday was the championship game for Stephen's intramural basketball team. It was the JAC against the 423rd and turned out to be a very intense game. The score was close at the end of the first half but during the second half Stephen's team pulled ahead and ended up winning by 19 points. After three to five minutes into the game Stephen got hurt and was out for the rest of the game. He fell hard on his right ankle after colliding with a player from the opposing team. As a spectator (and wife) it was scary seeing Stephen hit the floor and being able to see that he was in a lot of pain. We stayed for the rest of the game and after a few photos headed to the Emergency room.



We were very lucky to find out that Stephen hadn't broken his ankle but just sprained it very badly with torn ligaments. So after a couple hours in the ER we came home and got Stephen set up on the couch. The next day Stephen woke up to a very swollen and bruised ankle and foot. It obviously is quite painful so Stephen has been spending most of his time on the couch with his foot propped up and taking plenty of ibuprofen to help with the swelling.