Monday morning, Madeline fell during recess and hurt her ankle. Although she mentioned it to her teacher, she didn't complain about it again during her school day. She was in a lot of pain by 2:30 though, and she told the after school program leaders that she thought her ankle might be broken, but they didn't even bother to look at it. When I arrived at 4:30, later than usual because I had to have a TB test done that afternoon, I found her crying and sitting on the pavement. I asked one of the leaders about Madeline's ankle, and she gave me the impression that Madeline was exaggerating and changing up which leg she was limping on. Well, when we got home, we removed her socks and shoes, and found her ankle to be about 3 times it's normal size and shades of blue. She and Kent spent the evening at the urgent care getting x-rays and crutches. The poor kid went though her whole school day, PE, lunch time recess, and two hours after school with a severely sprained ankle. Luckily, the x-rays did not reveal a fracture. Even today, 5 days later, she is still limping and has bruising along her foot and ankle.

Madeline finally gets some ice, 8 hours after the injury occurred.