B-ball bruising

Last night was our first night of intramural basketball. We started a team last year of teachers from the district who play the co-ed highschool intramural league. It's made up of mostly highschool boys, but we do have a couple of girls on the teachers team. I was super excited to get back to playing basketball again, but unfortunately my excitement got the best of me. I ended up going after a ball and ran into another teammate and we both decided to step in the same spot and my ankle decided to take a roll and a crunch,crunch,crunch. I thought I was going to be ok after sitting out and getting some range of motion, but that evening after icing and elevating it just seemed to get bigger. Sleeping doesn't help the range of motion out any so it's very difficult to get up in the morning and walk. I ended up going into work today only to get sent home halfway thru since I wasn't able to contribute and my coworkers were concerned. I did speak with the nurse at the school and I'm going to give it a couple days to let the swelling go down and if its still really swollen I will prolly need to go in and get it xrayed. I'm pretty bummed though that I have to miss our next game on Thursday. Keep me in your prayers for quick healing!

Ouch!!!