chanda and i went uptown today for her to see a podiatrist. she had bruised both big toes during the summer dance intensive (she let her box get too soft along with not being properly warmed up for a running exercise), and the nails have slowly been falling off since new ones have been forming underneath. however, since she's on pointe so much, hard skin has formed over the tip of the new nail, making it painful to dance. the doctor (who was recommended by a good friend in the class) cleaned everything and agreed that she needs to stay off pointe for awhile. since she's in rehearsal for nutcracker, she'll have to be on pointe at least once a week for the runthrough (on sunday). thankfully, the whole situation ended up not being as bad as we had thought, and the doctor was quite pragmatic. it's the nature of the profession, she said. however, i did say to chanda that if she ever decided not to dance ballet anymore, it was fine by me. the pointe work for the women is just brutal, in my opinion.
well, i hope that didn't disgust any of you too much! actually chanda's feet don't look too bad. they still look pretty (she, korrina and my cousin cindy, have the same cute, chubby feet), except for the big toe. let me tell you, i've seen some nasty looking feet coming out of pointe shoes for some people.
this evening chanda helped me make korrina's apple crisp for her birthday tomorrow. her gifts are wrapped and on the table, along with a candle and all the birthday ring people (they come out again for the 17th year and so far for every year thereafter . . one candle and the cute little people. i spent too much money on the birthday ring not to continue using it!). she's out with some friends from school right now and i'm off to bed.
Dancer's feet!! Hope she manages to rest those feet in between rehearsals. Dancing on pointe looks so beautiful it is a shame that there is a price to pay.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Korrina x
Not everyone has problems. They all get blisters, I guess, but some get bunions and some don't. I think it depends on what you are predisposed to.
DeleteThank you for the birthday wishes :) It was a nice day.
Happy birthday, Korrina! You can take the picture of the two you took for Chanda's birthday and just switch the crown :).
ReplyDeleteThis feet drama reminds of the feet of Chinese women. They used to bind them a very complicated way so that they would become crippled and the women could only walk in small elegant steps. I guess I would take a break with all the dancing. Feet are very important in "regular life" and you cannot grow a second pair :). I do hope they will heal well and not cause anymore problems.
We got a ton of snow, but not like Buffalo, maybe just 12 inches? It fell all over night. Peter tried to go grocery shopping an hour south from here, but the store did not have very much. They get their groceries through Buffalo and nothing is going in or out of Buffalo these days. I hope this won't cause a major problem around here. Otherwise we will have to drive to PA to find food.
Thank you for all the good birthday wishes. I think her feet will be alright, for right now at least. It does remind me of the feet binding, though I have to say that the feet binding looks much worse to me!
DeleteTwelve inches is still a lot of snow! I hope all goes well and you can find groceries. I know it's supposed to rain this weekend by you and cause possible bad flooding. I hope it's not too bad.