Rollie,
Thanks for sharing a very personal experience with the rest of us so that we can better understand just how injuries of these types affect players and their families. Most of the time, as coaches, we don't see the extent of the effects on the players when they are off the field, at home, in the stands, etc. Sometimes we also don't understand when we tell them to "heal up and get back out there" that the physical pain of going from healthy to injured is also accompanied by the psychological pain of going from feeling invincible to feeling vulnerable and helpless--both sides require healing, and sometimes the physical side is easier and faster.
Thanks again for sharing, and best wishes for you and Marissa, as well as everyone else who is coping with the effects of injury right now.
