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| Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| She's Back! |
As many of you know, H had hip surgery in August of 2005. In March 2005, H started having a lot of pain. She was a somewhat of a high level gymnast at the time (Level 7 out of 10), especially for her age. She made it through State competition, qualifying as an All-State gymnast, but shortly afterwards she could barely walk on some days because of her pain. She was ten years old.
Her recovery was over a year and a half long. About 6 months ago, she decided she wanted to give gymnastics another go. She started coming to the gym a couple of days per week. She missed a ton during the summer. Then this fall, she started coming about three days a week. She soon discovered that it was going to be a long road. They had to do a partial cut on her IT band to help release her hip a little. Because of this, she could hardly lift her leg for a while. The muscle had to learn a new job. When she would go to gym, she couldn't hold her right leg up while doing things like she was supposed to. It is still pretty weak, but it is getting stronger.
Last week, H, knowing competition season was starting this past weekend, decided to drop back a level from where she had been and try to learn the routines. (All three of my girls are now competing at the same level on the same team.) She went ahead and competed this last weekend. I honestly didn't know what to expect because she had been out of competition for two and a half years, had major surgery with a long hard recovery, and had just learned the routines last week.
I'm here to say, "She's back!" H did so well. She was always a competitor and was so excited to be back doing what she loved. She had about 15 girls in her age group. She ended up being the bar champion (she had never been the bar champion before), took 5th on vault, 3rd on beam, and 4th on floor. She ended up 2nd all-around! Wow! She was so happy and I was so proud of her! Many wouldn't have given it the shot she did. Many would have given up a long time ago instead of working through it. I was excited she won second, but I was even more proud of her for going for it and working hard at it through everything. |
posted by 6blessings @ 10:16 AM  |
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Wow, that is an awesome accomplishment! Good for her!!
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Congratulations to H! I sure it was really hard her, but she must feel so great that she gave it her best. And how wonderful for you to see you daughter exercise such courage and determination.
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oh you must post pictures. Congrats taht is fantastic
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Way to go! Aren't kids amazing what they can do and how fast they can bounce back! I'm sure you are proud.
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Wow! Will the girls be able to join a gym next year?
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That's great. Congratz H!
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Wow, that is an awesome accomplishment! Good for her!!