Football Season Begins
September 15, 2009
It’s that time of the year again – football season! It’s the best time of the year for me. I really enjoy football on the weekends.
For us, that typically means two things: Detroit Lions football and Sean’s football games. Now, we watch lots of NFL games on Sunday (and Monday) but it all revolves about when the Lions play. Yeah, call me a glutton for punishment, but after 45 years, I have to stick with my boys. Who knows? Someday…..
As for Sean, you may remember he broke his foot in gym class. Despite all his injuries (broken arm, foot, etc), none have been from football – knock on wood. The injury has limited his practice time. He finally returned to full pads and workouts this week! The time away has meant he is on the second team now at defensive end, so he has to earn his starting spot back.
Their first game was supposed to be this weekend, but as you cam see from the image below, the game was called for rain and lightening as our monsoon season begins to wind down. The field is actually somewhere out there in the outfield. The cancellation means he hasn’t missed a game this year. But, can he get his starting job back by the game this Saturday? I doubt it but I am not exactly worried about giving the foot another week to fully heal – as long as he does get it back.
Sean Broke His Foot
August 14, 2009
Monday morning during PE Class, Sean rolled his foot on the basketball court while playing capture the flag. It was hurting him when I picked him up from school, but he was still able to walk on it. I sent him to football practice, but after about a 1/2 hour the coach noticed that he was limping way too much. We thought it was a severe bruise at that point, so we treated it by icing it down.
When we didn’t see any improvement after nearly 48 hours, so we decided to take him in for an X-Ray. Sure enough, it was a small bone chip on the side of his foot. They gave us some crutches and we then took a trip over to the Orthopedic Doctor to get him fitted with a walking boot.
We see the orthopedic doctor again in three weeks. He will wear the walking boot for the next few weeks to support the foot while it heals. He doesn’t have to sleep in it. His first football game isn’t scheduled until Sept 12th. I don’t expect him to play in that game but we are hoping for a quick healing and a chance for him to play in the game on the 19th or the first week in October. That might give him a chance to play in at least some of the games. He will still be going to practice and helping out the team in any way he can. That way the season won’t be a total loss.
Now we just have to figure out how to get him in decent shape for the season with out the 4 weeks of conditioning. We plan do some weight training on the Bowflex.
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