Post Op Knee Surgery

The surgery went well, just as planned and i didn't really have all that much pain because of the timing of the pain killers. The only thing that hurt was moving it to go to the bathroom or anything like that, which the doctor said that he was very impressed by how high my pain tolerance was because not very many of his patients come out of the surgery room saying that there is nothing wrong the next day. I didn't feel much of anything. Also they did this really cool little thing which is called a nerve block which causes me not to feel much of anything for up to 24 hours afterwards, so that I can avoid major pain. This was a very wierd sensation, I didn't feel a thing like if someone touched my leg I didn't feel anything at all! It was kinda creepy actually to tell ya the truth. The other creepy thing is that I still don't have feeling in much of the skin on my shin! I think some of the nerve endings were damaged during surgery. All in all not as bad as I expected it to be!

Funny Comments on Loratab

-OMG My leg machine looks like a teddy bear.
-My leg has turned funny colors haha. :)
-Dr: Who is that boy Sarah is it your boyfriend?
 Sarah: No, haha it's my brother
 Dr: But you don't have a brother.
 Sarah: O, I meant it was my coach. His name is Josh.
 Dr: Okay coach, brother, are you sure he is not your boyfriend?
-There is a bandaid in a very unappropriate place!
-This machine is rather uncomfortable, it vibrates funny!
-NICEEEEE! (lots of giggling)
-I'm floating on clouds!
-Mom, I gotta go to the bathroom! Are you sure, because if I get the whole nursing team in here, all the visitors out, and then you don't have to, I will be extremely angry! haha.
-If there is a fight you better take it outside because this morphine makes me emotional and I will cry!
-I put a comment on a friends status, talking about how I hated being young and not being able to drive! I have been driving for over a year, and I have my full license haha! :P

KNEE SURGERY & Gymnastics

Tomorrow is my knee surgery! I am not looking forward to not being able to walk again, but I am looking forward to getting better and being able to do the physio and get back to gymnastics super duper fast! Well okay that may be an exaggeration because I know the next six months are not going to be a fun time at all, as well as the three months following that because of the way it will be so hard to get back into the sports day! Some people think that I am crazy, just today Luke asked me why I had not quit gymnastics yet, and his mother said I was "killing myself, and my aging would be really awesome" but I don't know, I just can let it go, I love it way to much! So be praying because nine months from now I am going to be back on the gym floor and better then ever.

FIVE THINGS I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT LIFE!

            A) I have learned that life can really stink sometimes, and we have to turn to our friends beside us to help us through it.

B) I have learned that God is going to be there throughout your entire life, and no matter how hard you try he will not leave your side.

C) I have learned that being a role model for others is just as important as having a role model to look up too.

D) I have learned that the moment you feel comfortable with your life, God will remind you that you are not in control.

E) I have learned that decisions you make really can affect the outcome of your future, whether they be in your education or social life.

Physical Therapy!

TODAY IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY. A MILE STONE IF YOU WILL!

TODAY is the day that I begin my PHYSICAL THERAPY! and the road to getting better, and being about to do gymnastics again! Only 162 more days til 6 Months will be up! :) Now I know thats a long time and I seem happy about it, but believe me that is just the face that I am putting on most of the time. Now at nights, and times when I have a long time to sit there and think.... well lets just say it's not to pretty! Today is a lot of things really: February 18th, 2011, a Pep Rally, Flex Friday, another day with my BEST FRIEND BREANNA! The beginning of the Quote Project, and a new vocabulary chapter, Chapter three in the spanish novel, and studying for a Biology Test. Rather actually to much homework!! :/ But none the less this is a day that I will never EVER forget!

Xray's and MRI's

Soooo............

Monday, I went to the ortho doctor to look at my knee, I had Xrays taken and they revealed good knews, NO BONE INJURIES! but then again, that also partly confirmed what we had already thought, it is a ligament injury which can be just as painful and time taking as the other, they believe my ACL has been ripped or torn all the way. Now it is Wednesday and I am going to the doctor at 4pm. I think I am having a MRI done today! :) The sooner this all is figured out, the surgery done, the rehab begun, then the sooner I will be better, and back to the gym.

Another thing that was very interesting about the trip to the orthopedic center, was how much I knew about the Xrays, the bones, and medicines. The nurse practioner Lori, told me that she thought that she should be the student me dressed in scrubs with the clipboard because I knew everything about injuries and how to take care of them, with the RICE strategy (restriction, ice, comfort, and elevation), and with how much medicines to take, and in how many hours, and so on. She told me that if I hadn't considered it maybe the sports medicine field would be a good one for me. I thought about it and I think maybe that might be an interesting idea because of the fact that I am an athlete and I know how it feels to get injured and want to get safely back into the sport as quickly as possible, maybe if I did that then I would be able to help teens, and college players like me.

When the World Seems to End

 You know those days where it seems as if the world is ending, as if there is no hope in the world? Well Saturday, February 12th, 2011 is definitly one of those days! I was set to my compete my third event at the biggest competition of my entire year. I thought up pull twist, only for my thoughts to get interrupted by a split second of excruciating pain, and screams coming out of my mouth before I could think. After I realized what had happened I was holding my knee in my hand. and the orthopedic doctor, and athletic trainer beside me trying to calm me down enough to get the basic information down. The only thing I could think about was please don't let this be to major, I want to do gymnastics! The doctor proceeds to say three small letters. A.C.L. Those three letters seemed like a death sentence for me. For those of you that don't know I have been a hard working gymnast for the last 11 years of my life, with the dream of college gymnastics always in my mind. This ACL injury may be the end of this dream. Now i Know i am getting ahead of myself here. I haven't seen my doctor, but I mean what else could it be when I heard the snap, and it didn't feel like my leg was attached at all. I just praying for it to be the better case scenario, not the worst case, surgery and 6 months of rehab before even thinking of going back to the gym. I was so mad, well to be honest I still am, I don't know what I did to deserve this, and frankly I am a little mad that this happened when it seems like it always happens to the ones that want it the worst. If I didnt want anything, or try hard at anything maybe I wouldnt get hurt, but when you love something like I love gymnastics, it seems worth just about anything. I am just praying that I won't have to give it up!