Decisions... - Holly Wilson

     So these past few days have been a tiny bit of a struggle... Actually that's a lie. These last few days, although they may have their highlights, have sucked for the most part. I was off the water for 3 days in a row, not for being a naughty child but due to sickness and injury. Day one was due to stomach problems and looking back now I wish that was the worst I had it. The rest were due to a fantastically horrid injury....

     While playing Ultimate Frisbee Tuesday morning I managed to run straight into the cap of the septic tank for our cabins. The tank already sticks out in a very inconvenient manner at the end of our field used for most Keener morning activities. I know for a fact I am not the first one to run into this hazard, many people before me have managed to. I am, however, the first to my knowledge to run at and manage a sprain like this. I ran to knock a Frisbee out of someones hand and my ankle slammed sideways into the electrical box of the cap and then slide underneath it and me.

     Of course it hurt at first, I was running full speed and slammed right into. That alone would hurt, but to also have my ankle roll underneath me like that... Well it was really painful. At first I couldn't put any weight on it and the swelling started immediately. We iced it and gave me some medication but it still hurt like crazy. So, Keener Mom Anna decided it was time for our first trip to the ER this summer, and I was just lucky enough to be the first victim.

My ankle immediately after the incident

     The ER trip was long and boring, but not one I'll soon forget. Although it lasted a about 4 hour and I had to be wheeled around because I couldn't actually walk, it was not as horrible as I thought it would be. The company , Anna Bruno and Matheiu Dumoulin, actually made the trip rather entertaining. The two of them could not sit still for more than 10 minutes at a time, so after being banned from another Tim Horton's trip by the lovely ladies at the front desk they took it upon themselves to learn how to become doctors with all the lovely equipment in my new room. The two of them can now thoroughly tell you if your ears are clean and if your reflexes are working. We can tell you the Anna's reflexes are useless. 

     After receiving the news that my X-Rays came back negative for any fractures (or so they think) we were released with the information that it is just a really awful sprain. Now I was faced with a hard decision, what to do now... Although Keeners is all about making decisions, which line is quickest, which will get me a good beat down, should I take a rest day or not, and many more that impact the experience you have here, this decision was much bigger than the rest. I had to decide everyday if I wanted to go out or not, and in the end, if I was staying for the next session. Of course everyday I wanted to go out, I came here to kayak. There was still a fear though that I would make my ankle worse by going out and cause permanent damage. Although I don't think I made the wrong choice over the past few days, it may not have been the best...