Slush Bucket

If you've ever spent any time in an Athletic Trainer's Office you may know about something called the 'Slush Bucket'. As part of Kelley's rehab on his Achilles tendon, he must do a slush bucket treatment after every practice and game. The slush bucket is a bucket - big enough for a large foot - filled with ice then topped off with water. Ever go thru the drive-thru at Wendy's and they give you a soda that is basically ice clear to the top of the cup and then a little cola to fill it up? It's like that. Only in a bucket. And with water. Kelley has to put his foot in, up to about half way between his ankle and knee for about 15 minutes of pure torture. Yesterday, however, he didn't have time to slush before he came home so he did it here instead. We filled up a square tote and Kelley did his treatment sitting on the couch. Kruz is fascinated with water so he stood beside the bucket and kept dipping his hand in then sucking the water off his fingers. This held his attention for about 10 minutes but then something possessed him to swing his leg over and plunge his whole leg in. He immediately screamed in pain and shock and withdrew his leg as quickly as he could. I rolled with laughter and Kelley was happy, at least momentarily, to have someone to share his misery with.