Last Wednesday during dance class, Jay caught her foot on a piece of tape on the dance floor and sprained her foot. Initially she didn't complain much, only mentioning it when she came home after class. But it wasn't long before her foot started to swell and become a nuisance around our house.
I consider dance a sport of sorts. Much like Nas will likely play football, hopefully basketball, and any other sport he may become interested in, Jay's sport of choice is dance. This is her second year of taking dance classes which means I'm very new to this sports injury thing. Sure, I played basketball and danced on my high school's dance team, but I never went so hard that I was injured! Babe on the other hand played a few different sports and is familiar with sprains and several other sports injuries. A sprain may be a fairly minor injury, but with dance rehearsals on Wednesdays and Saturdays, plus dress rehearsal and her recital in early June - I'm praying this foot heals quickly.
It would break my heart, and I know it would just about kill my Jay, if she was unable to perform in the recital after a school year's-worth of weekly dance practice. She has worked hard to learn the dances, has started stretching regularly to improve her flexibility, and Jay just generally loves dancing. This has been her passion since she watched Beyonce on the Grammy awards show in 2003! Yes, really.
So along with resting her foot, icing and heating her foot, administering ibuprofen daily, and helping her keep it from getting too stiff - this "dance mom" will be praying that my baby heals quickly so that she can get back on that dance floor and perform on the night of the recital with all the grace and beauty, oh, and sass, she has performed with for so many years.
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