Nic finally went to the doctor on Tuesday. His ankle was still pretty swollen and very badly bruised so we figured we better make sure it wasn't broken. The doctor was shocked when the x-ray showed no broken or chipped bones. He couldn't believe how bad the bruising was considering nothing was broken. (Nic had bruising on the outside and inside of his leg up to his knee!) He said Nic could have either torn the tendon from the bone, which would require surgery or very badly tore the ligaments. Since Nic did so well on the strength and movement tests the doctor thinks he just badly tore the ligaments. He advised Nic to stay off it for at least another week and recommended an MRI to find out if it is ligament or tendon damage. I guess we will have to see how he is doing next week and go from there.
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