Thread: A fathers elation!

The brace and stitches were removed on Tuesday. she has a bandage wrapped around her knee. The wound is still healing. her leg is stiff but getting better. We will be removing the bandages tomorrow.

She is a little trooper and I am much relieved.

Thanks for the update glad to hear shes doing better soon she'll be out playing

Great to here she's doing well.

It is still occasionally a punch in the stomach for me but she is doing much better. She has boundless energy. We have to have her do leg stretches as the tendon they reattached is stiff and I bet shortened.

She fell the other day in the parking lot. when she got up she said "I am glad I didn't get run over again". When people ask her about her leg she says in the most innocent and proud way( proud is not exactly the right word but it's close ) "My daddy ran over my leg". Its cute and brings a smile to my face while simultaneously ripping my guts out.
Boy am I ever in for it when she recognizes the pain her innocent comments cause me.

Mark, it may be a punch in the gut to you, But I was pleasantly surprised by the way she said that with a bit of a giggle and a wink. I kinda got the impression that it made her feel tested and tried as one of the boys and the fact that she dealt with it as such really impressed me.

My dear Mark,

I am delighted to hear your lovely little girl is recuperating well. Children are tough and resilient.

My little girl, now a grown woman, was one hell of a soccer player. A sweet, gentle and loving child, she was small but at the same time tough and with incredible speed. As a sweeper, she would spit out fancy forwards like cherry pits.

I was her first coach, and taught her not to let the big girls intimidate her. "You're a smarter player than they are," I advised, "and you're faster and tougher."

She proved me right.

So you see, my dear Mark, children are tough. I dare say, often tougher than their parents. Your little girl is tougher than you think. She also sounds like a remarkable child. Please give her a big hug — and another from me.

Regards,
Obie

Hugs, I understand, are also great medicine. May she skip, hop and jump safely soon, Mark.

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