Rainbow Fish

Jacob was able to attend his swimming class yesterday, and everything went well. His aching side seems to be completely healed, and the aquatic exercise did not bother it a bit. He twisted his ankle last Sunday tumbling down Richie’s basement stairs, though, and ended up with a huge bruise on the side of his foot. It just figures, then, that this would be the week that flippers were used in swim class. Instead of simply informing the instructor that his foot was hurt, Jacob stretched a fin on over his wound. The tight rubber proceeded to scrape against his already black and blue abrasion, creating a new red spot surrounding his original bruise. With such a multihued foot, one would hope that the boy would be extra careful not to impair it further. If he does manage to add any more colors to it, I will have to take a picture because it will surely break some sort of record for the most vibrant-looking foot injury on a child.