As far as the doctor could tell without an x-ray, Annalie’s foot is not fractured. (Sorry, you might not have read the whole story. Start here, and then read this.)

You probably know that I am a night owl, but what you might not know about me is that when I am stressed I get insomnia. I’ve had a few sleepless nights since Annalie hurt her foot, and last night was one of them (I didn’t get to sleep till after 6). Troy saw I was a zombie and told me to go back to sleep, that he’d call if he needed me. So when Troy and Annalie got home a couple of hours later, Troy gave me the report.

After they got to the clinic, they tried to get pictures of the injured foot, but due to the smallness and darkness of the room and a clueless x-ray tech, Annalie FREAKED OUT. Troy let another lady who was waiting go first while he talked to Annalie and they practiced what was going to happen in the x-ray room, but when it came down to it Annalie was just too panicked. So they went to see the doctor and she manipulated the foot quite a bit, twisting it this way and that. Troy told the doctor how, in her panic, Annalie hooked both her feet on the door of the x-ray room to keep from being taken inside and hung on with all her might. Annalie even managed a step or two with some of her weight on the injured foot.

The doctor said we certainly weren’t doing any harm to Annalie by letting her baby the foot for a few days; that we should encourage her to try to take some steps as she improves; and that if she still hasn’t walked at all by Monday that we might have to bring her back in and force the issue with x-rays.

But otherwise, the news is good. Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers!