Spoke Too Soon

Mary was doing great earlier today. Right before we left for Awanas, she said she felt a bit dizzy and that she had a dizzy spell at school today but was ok enough to finish out the day. When we got to church, she walked in to Awanas, no assistance needed.

Afterward, when I went to get her, she said she wanted to run in the relay race where they tied two girls together at the ankle and they had to do two laps around the gym. I asked her many times if she was sure, and she said yes. Bad idea. I should have seen that, I know.

She got around the two laps kind of leaning on the other girl a bit, but halfway through, you could see she was hurting and forcing herself to get through it. She limped out the door a little bit and then by the time we got to the truck, she was in pain and grimacing. I asked what her pain level was and she said an "8". :(

I got her home and gave her some ibuprofen and she laid down for the night.

I hurt so bad for her. I know she just wanted to join in with her friends and it looked like so much fun, so she wanted to do it too. This breaks my heart so much. I can't do anything for her. I can't take the pain away, or I would, in a second.

I am having a difficult night with this tonight. :(

I took a video of her doing the relay race, but my phone is being mean and won't allow me to upload it.
Everyone was so happy for her and proud of her. She didn't let any of them know she was hurting. She just came right up to me afterward and gave me a look. I asked if she was ok and she didn't answer me, so I asked if she wanted to go now and she shook her head "Yes."