Fever in the Morning

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Appa23 · #1 Post by **Appa23** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:07 am

Fever all through the night.

My wife got a call last Wednesday morning from school, telling us the Lil' Bit was running a fever of 102 degrees. It continued to steadily be somewhere in the 101s and 102s, except when medicated, for the next three days.

The kids had a dance competition on the weekend. Lil' Bit was unable to rehearse on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. Kind of a big deal when she is one of two dancers and one of four dancers in two routines, both being partnering dances.

Thankfully, for the first time in two years, her dances were on Sunday rather than Saturday.

Saturday night, the fever broke, so she was able to dance on Sunday. (She was afraid that she was going to "have a reversal of fortune" on the stage.)

Our studio team was a hospital unit. A few kids had this flu strain, one girl was dancing with stress fractures in her foot, and another girl had a heavily wrapped sprained ankle.

Still, things went pretty good.

christie1111 · #2 Post by **christie1111** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:28 am

Sounds like an episode of Dancing with the Stars!

Glad she got better in time.

gsabc · #3 Post by **gsabc** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:33 am

Welcome to the world of mid-year student dance. Just remember, the show must go on. I'm glad that everyone stuck to it throughout.

ghostjmf · #4 Post by **ghostjmf** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:40 pm

I don't think fracturee or sprainee should have been dancing at all, but I am not a dancer (nor any kind of athlete). I had a co-worker a few years ago who didn't want to believe a possible stress fracture should make them stop high-jumping 'til it healed. Apparently, with stress fractures, even the experts disagree on "how bad they really are", so said co-worker kept carrying very-long-because-full-leg-length X-rays around taking them to people who they hoped would give a green light to high-jumping with fracture.

silvercamaro · #5 Post by **silvercamaro** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:12 pm

ghostjmf wrote:I don't think fracturee or sprainee should have been dancing at all, but I am not a dancer (nor any kind of athlete). I had a co-worker a few years ago who didn't want to believe a possible stress fracture should make them stop high-jumping 'til it healed. Apparently, with stress fractures, even the experts disagree on "how bad they really are", so said co-worker kept carrying very-long-because-full-leg-length X-rays around taking them to people who they hoped would give a green light to high-jumping with fracture.

I don't think high-jumping would exacerbate any stress fracture. The problem would appear to be in landing.

etaoin22 · #6 Post by **etaoin22** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:29 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
ghostjmf wrote:I don't think fracturee or sprainee should have been dancing at all, but I am not a dancer (nor any kind of athlete). I had a co-worker a few years ago who didn't want to believe a possible stress fracture should make them stop high-jumping 'til it healed. Apparently, with stress fractures, even the experts disagree on "how bad they really are", so said co-worker kept carrying very-long-because-full-leg-length X-rays around taking them to people who they hoped would give a green light to high-jumping with fracture.
I don't think high-jumping would exacerbate any stress fracture. The problem would appear to be in landing.

A good pithy point. In my mind, especilly the second sentence, good lines for Marilyn Monroe.

ulysses5019 · #7 Post by **ulysses5019** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:32 am

etaoin22 wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:
ghostjmf wrote:I don't think fracturee or sprainee should have been dancing at all, but I am not a dancer (nor any kind of athlete). I had a co-worker a few years ago who didn't want to believe a possible stress fracture should make them stop high-jumping 'til it healed. Apparently, with stress fractures, even the experts disagree on "how bad they really are", so said co-worker kept carrying very-long-because-full-leg-length X-rays around taking them to people who they hoped would give a green light to high-jumping with fracture.
I don't think high-jumping would exacerbate any stress fracture. The problem would appear to be in landing.

A good pithy point. In my mind, especilly the second sentence, good lines for Marilyn Monroe.

If you high jump correctly, I believe you land on your back. Fosbury Flop.

Appa23 · #8 Post by **Appa23** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:12 am

ghostjmf wrote:I don't think fracturee or sprainee should have been dancing at all, but I am not a dancer (nor any kind of athlete). I had a co-worker a few years ago who didn't want to believe a possible stress fracture should make them stop high-jumping 'til it healed. Apparently, with stress fractures, even the experts disagree on "how bad they really are", so said co-worker kept carrying very-long-because-full-leg-length X-rays around taking them to people who they hoped would give a green light to high-jumping with fracture.

As you clearly are concerned for the health and well-being of these young girls, let me assure you that they had medical advice that they could dance, if they limited their other activities.

The foot stress fracture actually happened while the girl was doing gymnastics, on a fall from the balance beam. I beleive that they re-choreographed the group routine that she has with Lil' Bit, eliminating jumps and tumbling for the girl.

Fortunately, they have several weeks off until the last, full-blown competition of the year.

Then, it will be the recital.

Then, the question as to whether Lil' Bit wants to do "Annie". (I know, typecasting.

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ulysses5019 · #9 Post by **ulysses5019** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:36 am

Appa23 wrote:
ghostjmf wrote:I don't think fracturee or sprainee should have been dancing at all, but I am not a dancer (nor any kind of athlete). I had a co-worker a few years ago who didn't want to believe a possible stress fracture should make them stop high-jumping 'til it healed. Apparently, with stress fractures, even the experts disagree on "how bad they really are", so said co-worker kept carrying very-long-because-full-leg-length X-rays around taking them to people who they hoped would give a green light to high-jumping with fracture.
As you clearly are concerned for the health and well-being of these young girls, let me assure you that they had medical advice that they could dance, if they limited their other activities.

The foot stress fracture actually happened while the girl was doing gymnastics, on a fall from the balance beam. I beleive that they re-choreographed the group routine that she has with Lil' Bit, eliminating jumps and tumbling for the girl.

Fortunately, they have several weeks off until the last, full-blown competition of the year.

Then, it will be the recital.

Then, the question as to whether Lil' Bit wants to do "Annie". (I know, typecasting. )

She's a redhead?

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