“Mom it hurts so bad!” Erin said through her tears and I helped her put the crutches under her arms and the trainer led her to the back room…I went back with them…her coach went back to the game

“ok…I’m gonna need you to sit in this table and relax your leg…” the trainer said as Erin laid down and the trainer took her leg “…ok…relax here…” she said holding Erin’s hip…

She did a lot of tests when she pulled her knee, and tried to see where ligaments were loose…when she was done she wrapped Erin’s knee in ice and I talked to the trainer

“well…her shin is loose…”

“so what’s that mean?” I asked

“the ACL holds the knee together, and usually if an ACL is torn, then shin slightly shifts outward”

“so is  it her ACL?”

“I’m not sure without a proper MRI…there’s a chance she could have fractured her knee cap, or torn her meniscus…”

“so you have no idea what it is?” I said a little frustrated

“no…I’m sorry, about five minutes after  a knee injury the hamstrings start to spazm, so i can’t get a proper reading on her injury because at this point what’s actually damaged may be numb, or everything hurts…but she needs to ice…a  lot…and I suggest about 4 advil to stop the pain for the night…”

“ok…” I said not knowing what to say

“well…I’ll stay back here with her…” she said then I went to talk to Spencer

“what’s wrong?”

“they don’t know…”

“what do you mean they don’t know?!”

“they cant tell without an MRI…”

“mom…I’ll go talk to her…” she said as Erin’s team was walking off the court

“Lauren…do you know where E is?”

“um…yeah, come on…” she said taking them back

“hey guys…” Erin said tired from crying

“hey…so I decided…there’s a bright side to all of this…” megan  said

“ha yeah right…” Erin said 

“no…I bet brady quinns been in here” megan said

“oh…never mind…” Erin laughed through the pain

“so…do they know what’s wrong with you?” Martha asked

“too many things…” Jamie added making them laugh

“thanks! You know if I could move I’d hit you right now…” Erin started “…but I don’t know…my mom didn’t tell me anything…”