Wow...What a Day!

Hello!  It's Wendy Again.

First of all, if you read Cassie's earlier post, let me reiterate - she is ok - an acute asthma attack, which is new for her - more on that later.

Today was an eventful day, to say the least! We started out with a rude overhead announcement waking us all up too early, but then most of us went back to sleep. At 9:30 a very wide awake Siena and Madi went with me to "help" wake their teammates up - they did this by jumping into bed with each girl and giving them good morning hugs - wish I had been awake enough to have my camera handy - super cute!  Calise was the best - sat up, then fell over with a huge "unnhhh".  Very funny!  We went on to enjoy delicious bagels, cream cheese and chocolate milk provided by Carla Myers.  Then the girls all hung out together in Cassie and Alex's room playing cards and chatting.  For lunch we walked over to the Corner Bakery and had a fun lunch where my darling, beloved girls gave me the cutest sweatshirt that says" SVVC Team Mom" on it that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE so much and cried over and want to turn the AC in my room down so it is freezing and I can wear it! and then off to the CC we went.

The girls played the #8 ranked team first and...won their first game!  It was amazing, and awesome and astounding!  They ended up losing the next 2 games in very close matches.  That's When Cassie came to me and said she couldn't breathe.  A stranger offered her a puff from her inhaler and Cassie took it - my first clue that she was in trouble.  They went right into their next match, and again, played so well, but ended up losing - such a bummer - they had worked so hard!  Throughout this last match, I watched Cassie struggle more and more to breathe.  He face was pure white and she had a look that said, "I'm gonna do this or die trying.".  When the match was over, I took her to the trainers to have her evaluated.  That's when she revealed that she was having chest pains - rated them a 7-8 out of 10 in pain.  OK, now I think that is a pretty important symptom and so did they.  Her favorite Trainer, Senecca, monitored her breathing and respiration for a while and decided she should be seen by the doctors down stairs just to be safe.

Down we went, while all this was going on, Cassie took the opportunity to tell her about her teams FABULOUS coach whom they thought she would really like...

The 2 doctors on call at the CC remembered me from last year - pretty sad that I spent that much time there!  They did a thorough evaluation and decided that she needed to go to the ER and said they were calling the paramedics - this is when my darling daughter said, "(gasp) Do I have to go right now?  (wheeze) Can I wait (gasp) until after my last (wheeze) match?".Of course they vetoed that so 911 it was.  Cassie thought the paramedics were cute but they still wanted her to go to the hospital RIGHT NOW so off we went.  I had a 2 minute melt down and then got myself together.

After 4 hours, the doctor ruled out a heart attack, a blood clot in her lungs and an anaphalactic reaction - I really didn't like having those options on the table, let me tell you.  She said Cassie was having an acute asthma attact - (I really didn't think it was very cute at all but nevermind me...) The chest pain was a reaction to the respiratory distress. The doctor cleared her to play tomorrow and sent us home with prescriptions for steroids (boy will she play well tomorrow!) and an inhaler.

The wonderful Marie and Keith Thompson picked us up from the hospital at 10:30, took us to an all night pharmace and then back to the dorms where our equally wonderful Coach Trazi was waiting with 2 plates of pasta - dinner finally! Becky Carey did the girls' laundry, too.  I love this club!
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We found out that...get this...We won our last match in 2 games!!! What?  I am telling you, these girls are amazing and so determined, and so talented!  Sweet Madi rolled her ankle halfway through the second game and was out for the rest of the game.  Katie, our libero, jumped in as a middle blocker and those 6 girls brought it home!  Alexis, Hailey, Calise, Katie, Siena, and Alex ...WOW...just...Wow!

So, I came home with one injured girl to another one.  Madi's ankle is slightly swollen and definitely bruised but she is walking on it now.  Nurse Trazi worked on it tonight and wrapped her up for the night.  They both are fairly confident that, with a good tape job, she should be able to play tomorrow.  I am doling out Advil like a drug dealer - I need to buy stock in that company!

But wait, there's more!  It is 12:33 am and I hear some goings-on next door.  Of course I must investigate - I find Siena with a pretty significant bloody nose.  Ok, this night is not going to end, is it?  We ended up having her put a tampon up her nose, which of course she found hilarious, and I am hoping the bleeding stops soon so she can get some sleep.

Here's the final word from tonight:  these girls are wonderful, amazing, adorable.  I love them!  they get along so well and are so bonded as a team - that is what Festival is really about.  They look out for each other, love to be together, and really support and encourage each other.  You should be proud of your girls, I sure am!

Ok, I am shutting this computer off and going to bed - praying for a peaceful night and that we got all the drama over with today!

Check out today's photos - more to come tomorrow.

Night