Last week, I made her go for her class in her new skates and she ended up with a blister on the bigger foot. Bcos there was so much pain, she refused to practice after class and had only slightly more than an hour of ice including class. We usually fully utilised the 2 hours Saturdays. We did attempt to wear her skates at home the past week but we only managed to do so on 2 days. On both occasions, she said that there wasn't much pain. My hopes are up!
This morning, we were running slightly late. Although we lugged both pair of skates, I made her wear her new skates. She has to run in them somehow and the sooner the better. It should be ok, right? Didnt she said that it was less painful when she wore them at home? She protested but still ended up on the ice with her new skates. Mummy 1, Lil Shauna 0. Ding! Ding! As a precaution, I gave her plasters on the spot that she always get blisters; the inner side of her sole. This works for Zaky in the rental skates.
A was on the ice too and the girls were happily chatting and practicing. Soon after, Lil Shauna complained of pain on the smaller foot. There wasn't any blister but the area at the inner sole side was red. She said that the bigger foot was fine and I was happy that the plaster helped. I didn't think much of it, she always get red patches when she wears her new skates. We adjusted her socks and she headed back to the ice.
Lesson was a lot on back spin. Did she master it? No, she still needed a lot more practice.
Lil Shauna hasnt master her sit spin in her old skates. She naturally has more issues with the new ones bcos her new boots are so hard and she has a hard time bending down in them, which is needed in sit spin. Arrgghhh, I am hoping so much for her new skates to run in soon! Coach Raymond also made her do camel spin, which is spinning with a spiral. She tried that once and it was disastrous. It still is. Lol. She can't even do spiral properly, what more a spiral spin.
The end part of the class was on jumps and it was obvious that her feet were hurting. She could barely lift her feet off the ice. Relief was all over her face when the class finally ended. She said that she could feel blisters on both feet. Ouch!
She did get a big blister on the smaller foot and it does look painful. The plasters that we put on the bigger foot was hanging loosely, which isn't a good sign bcos it meant opportunity for abrasion. There wasn't any visible blister under the plaster but Lil Shauna complained of pain. Of course she refused to skate more with the blisters. Another short session this week.
At the end of the lesson, Coach Raymond asked us to consider the national competition in January 2018. The last one, he mentioned that it would be tough for Lil Shauna bcos she isn't fast enough. This time, he said that she should be able to handle the future star level, which is the same level that she entered in for the inter school competition. Of course I am keen. No need to travel out of Singapore somemore. Hehe. Lil Shauna was in too much pain to think properly about it though. Poor thing. I will ask her another day when her feet are not suffering.
After class, we headed to Watson to look for anything that can help with blisters prevention. We saw this lotion that looks similar to a roll-on deodorant. We also saw special plasters for blisters; I didnt know there are such! They are super expensive and we paid $10 for 5 small pieces. I so wish for the skates to be run in. Arrrggghh..
Mummy Lim
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