Sports Injuries

Yesterday evening Urai and I were playing badminton along with Sharon, (Urai's friend who lives just opposite us) and while Urai was retrieving my backhand passing shot, she fell down a small step, twisted her ankle, cut her toe and crumpled in a heap on the hard floor. We rushed over to help her and Fie took her upstairs to wash down her cuts and bruises. She moved a little gingerly for the rest of the night. Here is her slightly swollen ankle...

Her right big toe sustained a deep cut which stung badly as she hit it against the stone step. The skin was still clinging on as we got her upstairs...

As you can see, or as you will see in the following picture, her cut exposed some raw flesh which watered as the remarkable human body began it's natural defence against injury. After cutting off the flap of skin, her toe looked like this...

But Urai is a fighter and was later that night studying with Sharon in the living room for a while.

Urai won't be playing badminton again for a while, but she valiantly hobbled to the school bus this morning and made it through the day. Well done Urai, you're a true champion!!!