Elbow

Taking this week off has helped tremendously. Maddie is about 90%. She can bend and straighten her arm with no pain. It's still a little tender to touch, but it's a big step to bend it. She should be 100% by 8/8 which is when they go back to practice.

Elbow again

Well Maddie's elbow is back to bothering her. We are going to take next week off and then the gym is closed the first week of August. That will give her 2 really good weeks to heal. Hopefully I can keep her off of her arm. That's going to be the hardest part.

Back to normal

Maddie's elbow has healed and she is back to normal. She has been practicing her turns and leaps all over the house. She is so excited about her first meet coming up. I'm pretty excited about it as well. I love watching her compete. 2 more weeks of summer training and then back to normal. She also started dance last Monday and loves, loves, loves it. I don't know if she loves it because her friends are in class or if she loves it because she loves to dance. Probably because her friends are there.

Bound to happen

Maddie got her first gymnastics related injury. She was jumping off of the bar (and she knows better) and landed on her arm. She complained that it was hurting her, but she was still moving it around. After a restless night of kicking me in bed and not really moving her arm, I was afraid this morning that it was broken or fractured so I took her to the doctor. They took an X-ray (which she was seriously excited about) and examined it. It's not broken, just a soft tissue bruise. Hopefully she learned her lesson and will listen to me next time, but I know the odds of that happening are not that high!

Dreaming

Do you think Maddie is having a dream about gymnastics? This is how we found her asleep tonight.

Week off

Maddie took this week off from gym. She'll be back in the gym on Monday and adding ballet to her day. I think she needed this little break (actually I think we all needed it).