The Strain

Today was fairly quiet, Libby still had swollen feet and a very sore right ankle but her rash and spots were gone. Libby & I popped to the shops this morning so Uncle Karl could take Ben for a sneaky swim - which he thoroughly enjoyed.

Therapy was with ‘Mad Michael’ and today wasn’t our best day, it was obvious that Libby was in a lot of pain and after a short go on the treadmill, Michael took a look at her feet and decided that she has probably strained her right ankle – GREAT! Ben took over the therapy session and continued with the treadmill – may as well get our monies worth!! After resting the ankle and putting ice on it, Libby was still finding it painful so Michael sent us to see Nicole & Dr Park - once again, they were more than happy to see us (find that quite amazing as we’d have to book an appointment in the UK). Dr Park thought that it was nothing too serious and hopefully Nurofen and ice will sort it out. We are seeing Dr Dobbs (who performed the Heel & Hamstrings operation last Thursday) tomorrow, so we can double check that it’s nothing to serious – just frustrating as we can’t get on with physio.

The afternoon we popped to the West County Shopping Mall and Uncle Karl did some shopping and we (Daddy & I) bought Libby a Camera as we had promised. Ben will also get a treat when we can find something that he wants! Uncle Karl got some bargain jeans at $31 (About £20 but would have cost £90 in the UK), I got Libby & Ben some sweets $21 (£14) – I was mugged; I should have bought them a jean leg each!

Fingers crossed, Libby’s ankle feels a lot better tomorrow.