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Megan ran an excellent race.  This makes two years in a row that she has come in second.

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On November 4th, 2010, our son’s life would be forever changed.  We were at the Cameron Yoe Football field, where Brian was playing his last 7th grade football game for the year.  Short into the second quarter,  he was in on a punt that went dreadfully wrong for him.  He broke his left leg. The video is of the dreadful play.

He was rushed to Scott & White Emergency in Temple, TX.   Here are two of the x-rays of his left leg.

The bottom of the femur broke along the growth plate.  We were told that it was a Type II Salter-Harris break.  To make matters worse, the bone went behind the knee pinching the main blood vessel that runs behind the knee.  They had to do a CT Scan of the knee and bring in a Vascular Specialist to look at the blood flow as they tried to reset the knee.  It took them over four hours to temporarily set the knee and to verify blood flow.

At 7AM on Nov 5th, Brian went into to surgery to have two pins put into the bone to hold it in place.  Here is what his leg looked like a week later.

After the one week follow up, we thought our only concern was the growth plate.  We were told that there was a good chance it would no longer grow.  If this happened an orthopedic surgeon would have to kill the growth plate at the bottom of both femurs to avoid one leg growing longer than the other.  This is were the orthopedic surgeon at Scott & White did a very bad job of explaining this to us.  He told us that Brian only had an inch to grow.  At the time he was 5’8”.   This was devastating news to us. We have been told by numerous doctors over the years that Brian should be some where around 6’5” when he stopped growing.  More on this story in the March 16th post.

On Thanksgiving Eve, Brian started felling bad and by Thanksgiving Day he was even worse and running a high fever.  We decided to take him to the emergency room.  We discussed taking him to Providence in Waco, but since S&W had all his records and we would be seeing the orthopedic surgeon there until Brian was well we returned to S&W ER.  In light of what we know now we should have taken him to Waco, but that is another story.

In the emergency room, the doctor took one of the longest needles I have ever seen and stuck it deep into Brian’s knee to pull off fluid to see if the knee was infected and if it was what kind of infection.  It turned out he had a staph infection from one of the pins.  He was rushed into surgery early on Black Friday.  The head of orthopedics came in and did the surgery.  He removed the infected pin and cut a three inch incision down the knee cap so he could flush out the infection.  Brain then spent the next six days in the hospital on a heavy antibiotic drip. He then spent the next six weeks on heavy antibiotic pills.  He also went to the hospital each week to have his blood tested to make sure the infection was going away.  Out of all the doctors we dealt with at S&W, James. H. Brien, DO was the best.  Dr. Brien really cared about Brian.  He even gave us his personal cell phone and said to call night or day if we had questions.  We can’t say thank you enough to Dr. Brien and to God that the infection was cured.

The story continues on Jan 3rd.

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Anyway, the pitching from Eddy was awful.  Megan walked both times.  Eddy did not hit much better.  It made for a dull game to watch.  It some aspects I wish we had skipped the game and ended her season after Friday nights stellar performance.  Instead, she ended the season sitting on the bench so another girl could play 3rd base.

I don’t have problem with the coach switching around players.  I wish he did it more.  Megan would like to have tried playing first base.  What I don’t understand is why she was benched and allowed to play another position.  It was a blow to a little girl that had had a very successful season.   It pains me the her last memory of Total Chaos will be sitting on the bench.

Instead of taking pictures last night I just USTREAMed a little with my iPhone.

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The girls went back and forth for a while and were tied when the time ran out. We began getting ready to go when the McGregor coaches came over complaining they did not want to end with a tie. They wanted to finish the game. I am glad they did, because it gave Megan a chance to shine. She played the best she has all year.

Total Chaos took the field. The first McGregor batter hit the ball straight at Megan on 3rd base. She scoped it up and made a perfect throw to first getting the first out. The next batter got a hit and made it around to 3rd as the pitcher struck out the third batter for out two. The final batter hit the ball down the 3rd base line. Megan fielded the ball. She had the wits about her to tag the girl at 3rd base that was running home instead of trying to throw the ball to 1st. Megan got the 3rd out and stopped McGregor from scoring.

Total Chaos came in to bat. Luckily they were at the top of the batting order. The first batter made it to 1st base. She was able to steal 2nd as the second batter got out. Then Megan came to the plate. She hit the ball into the outfield. The hit allowed the girl on second to make it home and win the game.

Megan was named the MVP by the coaches that were there. What a game!!!

You can see all the pics at http://www.bemm.net/softball/TotalChaosvsMcGregorGame10/

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We are proud of them. Last night showed they are learning and that is what this league should be all about. Let’s worry about winning we we get into high school.

You can see all the pics at http://www.bemm.net/softball/TotalChaosvsDiamondDivasGame9/

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You can see all the pics at http://www.bemm.net/softball/TotalChaosvsDiamondDivasGame8/

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You can see all the pics at http://www.bemm.net/softball/TotalChaosvsShaBangGame7/

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You can see all the pics at http://www.bemm.net/softball/TotalChaosvsEddyGame6/

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You can download all pics in their original format in this zip file.

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