Livin' the Flippin' Dream

Monday, August 07, 2006

Deja-vu...

I'm not sure if any of you remember, but almost EXACTLY 8 months ago I was playing soccer and I tore a ligament in my right ankle. Well, after 3 weeks on crutches, much physiotherapy, and a lot of sitting around and eating, my left ankle decided that IT wanted a turn.

Yup, that's right, I tore a ligament in my left ankle on saturday. I guess that is the price you pay for being a youth pastor... capture the flag took my out this time. Darn you capture the flag! Anywho, on saturday night our youth were play CTF and my ankle decided to give out from under me when I went to chase James. Right away I knew it was bad, so I quickly took off my shoe and sock, and this is what I saw:


Beautiful, isn't it? I took this picture when I got to the hospital. They took x-rays and all that jazz, but lucky for me there was no brake. I still have just as long of a recovery time, but this way I do not have to have a cast.

So, all my golf tee times have been cancel, I no longer need to rent a surf board for Gavin's stag, and I will now be the official wedding "tool" because I am gonna have to walk down the aisle in crutches. Luke said that I should just suck it up and push through the pain, but I don't want to take too much attention away from the bride.

Ah well, God's in control, this happened for a reason. Maybe I was gonna get eaten by a shark or something, who knows. As long as I get healthy in time for soccer season, I'm happy. peace.

6 Comments:

  • At 5:34 PM, Blogger Delbert said…

    next time i carry you to safety, you should loose some weight fatty!

     
  • At 4:00 PM, Blogger Quigley said…

    Hmmm... that is a combination of funny looking and painful looking! Perhaps a bit of both..!!! That sucks bud.. but I spose it could have been worse. Took one for the team you did!!!!

    Bless ya bro - gonna miss ya when you go back to the mainland!

     
  • At 6:28 PM, Blogger Rob Petkau said…

    Nice grapefruit!
    Lemme guess, you tripped over a bush that looked kinda like Mike McMillan?

     
  • At 1:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Freakin' Ooooouuuch...it looks like your growing another leg. Torn legaments are the worst, sometimes I think your better off breaking it. As nasty as that sounds, legaments seem to take longer to heal. My prayers are with you bro'..." I think God is saying, Thou shall not capture the flag...I think I saw it in Leviticus somewhere. Peace...Ron+

     
  • At 12:41 PM, Blogger Jerusha said…

    I am sorry i got to aggrey with Rob i am rally sorry Reuben hope to talk to you soon Jerusha

     
  • At 8:04 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Poor Reuben,

    Don't worry you aren't the only one within the Youth group who's had to wear a cast.

    Hope that made you feel a little better,

     

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