It Was the Best of Basketball, It Was the Worst of Basketball

Derrick had a 3 on 3 basketball tournament at school this week. There were probably about 15 different teams made up of dental students competing against each other. The good news: Derrick's team won the entire tournament!! Good job Derrick!



The bad news: during one of the last games, Derrick tore his MCL. He's going in for an MRI and a follow up with an Orthopedic specialist to see the extent of the damages. So far everyone we've talked to who has also torn their MCL has said that they still aren't the same and they've had to do gobs of therapy. We are hoping that this is not the case with Derrick! To add insult to injury, Mel had parked the car at the CVS pharmacy across the street to pick up a gatorade and some snacks during a break between games. Derrick was injured soon after she walked over to the games and so we immediately walked over to the ER (which was conveniently connected to the basketball courts by a walkway--the benefits of having a tourney on the medical campus, eh?). Long story short--after Derrick was checked in at the ER, Mel went to move the car and it had been towed. The towing story is best left for another blog entry. Did we mention that it was also raining? Bring it on! I guess it's good that when there are bad days it all happens at once, right?

Here are some action shots before the injury (it may be a while before we will be sending more of these. . . )