Z2 Will Survive

Z2 performing "I Will Survive" with the Joybells, the Select Choir from Kellogg High School.  The concert was really, really good.

Z2 the Medical Mystery

Last August, Z2 was running in our backyard, and hurt her foot. She went to the clinic, and was told to use crutches and stay off of it for about four weeks.

She missed Cross Country season because of the injury.

It was feeling better, and only hurt when she used it for long periods of time. like marching in the parade for U of I Homecoming.  And, when her foot was cold, it would ache.

Today, we visited a podiatrist.  He was amazed that she had a very diminished ability to flex her big toe, and the one next to it on her right foot.  Her big toe on her left foot had 70 percent flexibility, and 60 percent in normal.

Her big toe on her right foot has 25 percent flexibility....not good.

So, to help alleviate some of the pain, she will have some orthodics made to put in her shoes.  And hopefully this will help. 

I joked with her and told her, if she kept running in track and cross country, someday they would base one of those feel good sports movies on her, the girl who persevered despite the inability to move her toes!!

The doctor was going to consult with some other specialists to see if they had heard of anything like this before.  Until then, we are thankful and grateful that she can still run and be active, and that it shouldn't cause any damage by running.

Look Ma, No Braces!!!

Z2 got a wonderful surprise at the orthodontist this morning.
She got her top braces removed!!! What a beautiful smile!!

Z2 "Runs Like The Wind" Today

Before Z2 left for her District Cross Country Meet in Bonners Ferry today, her dad gave her one piece of advice.

"Run Like The Wind"

And she did just that, by qualifying for the State Cross Country Meet at Eagle Island State Park in the Boise area next weekend.

This northern A3 District could qualify 8 girls, and Z2 came in 8th. She ran a time of 24:12, doing over one minute faster than she ran at last week's meet in Potlatch.

It was so exciting watching her gain momentum throughout the 3.1 mile course. She started out in about 12th place, then kept gaining on the girls ahead of her, until she finally passed two of the Bonners Ferry girls, (or maybe it was Timberlake. I'm not sure, because they both wear blue).

She finished good and strong with great form, and was very surprised she qualified.

But once she realized she made it, you couldn't get that beaming smile off her face.