Bad timing for an injury

This past week Cameron was playing in his last men's softball game with our ward. He slid into second base on the second to last play of the game to avoid being nailed in the face with the ball that was coming directly at him and this is what happened...



These pictures were taken this morning(4 days after the incident), so it's not hardly swollen at all anymore. You can see he is starting to bruise pretty bad all around his toes and around his ankle. It looks really gross in person.










It happened at about 11pm on Tuesday. Cameron was sure that he could just ice it and take lots of medicine and he would at least be able to walk on it in the morning. He said he was fairly sure it wasn't broken, but that it was the worst sprain he had ever had. Well, the next morning, he could not even get out of bed and couldn't put any weight on it at all. It was SO swollen and looked pretty bad. We decided to both skip our first class and take him to the health center to get it looked at. They did an x-ray and it wasn't broken(luckily), but the doctor said "wow, that is one whopper of a sprain"(awesome). They gave him an air cast and crutches and sent him off to class. I felt bad watching him hobble along to his class, but I had to get to my classes so I couldn't really help him at all. It is starting to feel a little better and he can more and more weight on it each day, but still relies pretty heavily on his crutches for now.

It seemed like horrible timing, happening right as finals are starting and going to Glacier to go camping in a little over a week, AND Cameron and his dad and brothers are all running a half marathon in Mesa Falls in less than a month. I'm not sure if he will be able to run it, but even if he can it is putting quite a damper in his training... oh well, he said people on campus are extra nice to him when they see him on the crutches and total strangers will come ask him if he needs help carrying things or getting the door and stuff. Thanks everyone!