A wanted sign at my school of the Wuhan bomber.
Peggy helping the doctor apply Rebecca's cast.
As I mentioned in my last post, I went to a Chinese hospital a few weeks ago to get eight stitches in my lip from playing football. With this being my third year in China, and just the first visit to a hospital by anyone on our team, I was expecting us to be done with those trips for the year. I thought wrong!
We didn't have internet in our homes for much of this past week, so we've been in our offices quite a bit. This past Sunday night, Mandi and I were hanging out in my office getting caught up on e-mails when my phone rang. I answered, and it was Rebecca: "I think my ankle's broken."
"What!!??" I responded. Then she explained to me that she had been rollerblading at the school. One of her wheels got caught on a rock and twisted her ankle. She had somehow made it back to her room to call me. By the time me and Mandi made it back, her adrenaline had worn off and she could barely stand on it.
After a semi-crazy time of calling Chinese friends, getting Rebecca down the stairs, and hailing a taxi, Mandi, Rebecca, and I were off to the hospital for x-rays. Peggy (our boss/culture assistant) called and told us to pick her up along the way. As expected, the visit was different and much longer than it should have been. The hospital, which is supposed to specialize in bone injuries had no crutches or wheelchairs! I piggy-backed Rebecca from the taxi to the waiting area. The rest of the time Mandi and I pushed her around on a gurney.
The x-rays showed she had broken her ankle in 3 places. She won't have to get surgery, but she will have to be in a cast for 6-8 weeks. I know she's frustrated about it since she can't teach for awhile and it could also affect her winter break travel plans, but she has had a great attitude throughout the whole process.
If you've been following the news, you might have heard there was a small bomb that went off in Wuhan recently. It's actually very close to our house. It killed a couple people and injured a few more. I've attached some stories about it on my "China articles" page if you're interested to learn more.
For those of you who know my sports interests, you know I had a GREAT weekend recently as well as a very long night. Indiana University (my college basketball team) was playing the University of Kentucky (the evil empire of college basketball). I was planning on waking up Sunday morning my time to watch it through the internet. However, two of my teammates (Melodie and Kirk) also wanted to watch their teams play that night. Melodie's football team (Sam Houston State) was playing in the I-AA playoffs at 1am. Kirk's basketball team (Ohio State) was playing Kansas at 4am, then my game was on at 6:30am. The three of us had an all-night ESPN marathon in Mandi's office since we didn't have internet at home. Melodie's team won. Kirk's team lost, but played well without their best player. And the best part of the night, was IU's 3-pointer at the buzzer to knock of the number 1 team in the country!
Other than that, there's not a whole lot else to write about right now. As usual, we have quite a few Christmas and New Year's performances to prepare for. Fortunately, it'll be a lot less than last year!
Have a great Christmas everyone!
Matthew 1:23
