Don't Take Walking For Granted

Well, this post doesn't have a link or even a cool story, but a reminder that you shouldn't take your legs or ability to walk for granted. Tuesday night at the Tri City Storm game, I was supposed to work the third camera, which is the camera in the tunnel and behind the goalie to give the fans that ice level look on the big screen. Well prior to the start of the game, I was carrying the cable down the stairs when I came to the little squeeze between the goal light operator's box and the railing, all while attempting not to tangle the cables on the railing. So, I lifted up the hoard of cables around my arm to go up and over the railing and make the final step down onto the tunnel...except I wasn't on the final step like I thought I was.

Next thing I knew, my foot caught the edge of the bottom step, rolled underneath my weight and I felt a pop, followed by excruciating pain throughout my left ankle. I dropped the cables where I stood and screamed in pain, hobbling towards a stone bench inside the tunnel. As I lay there in immense pain, everyone who just witnessed it...continued to stand there while I lay yelling in pain and holding my ankle. Within a couple minutes, it was swollen to about twice the size of my right ankle and I knew it was bad. So after waiting a while, I hopped my way to the Tri City Storm training room to get it taped. Needless to say, I could put almost no weight on it, but I stayed there and did my job, even standing on it all of the second period with a camera on my shoulder, dealing with the pain later.

So yesterday I went to the hospital to get it checked out, after not being able to walk on it at all in the morning, so I hobbled to my car with no help and drove to student health at 8:20 a.m to find out Wednesday is the only morning they open at 9 instead of 8. Long story short, I got x-rays and while there was no fracturem they do believe I slightly tore a tendon in there that won't require surgery, but now I am in a heavy walking boot until Monday. Walking around has been an absolute pain the past three days and it is making me appreciate two functioning legs and working ankles. Regardless, I'm in physical therapy every day to get it back to normal faster and advise everyone to watch your step, it could be your last haha.