EUGENIZATION.

Unfortunately, all was not wine and roses during our holiday trip. One of the unfortunate consequences of performing recreational activities is that, particularly with extreme sports, there is a high likelihood of injury.

I emerged unscathed (this time) from our downhill mountain biking jaunt. Sairalyn, however, was not so lucky. In fact, the very first two turns were quite steep, much more so than the rest of the trail (which was for the most part, as flat as a mountain trail can be). In addition, it was slick, due to all the gravel that was scattered all over the trail. Sairalyn took a tumble or two and got a little bit scraped up.

The interesting thing is that she merely exhibited minor scrapes and abrasions, which we bandaged up immediately following the biking. Two days later, however, there was an entirely different story to tell.

Above: Anterior shot of Sairalyn’s quadriceps two days after our biking trip.

Above: Note, if you will, the yellowing of the bruise near the top portion of the bandage. Nice.

The unusual thing was that the bruise was neither sore nor tender to the touch (unless you touched at the area that sustained the scrapes and abrasions). Interestingly, when we removed the bandage another two days later, there was zero bruising on the skin that was under the bandage - it was like someone ran over her leg with a bruise color crayon and wasn’t able to color the part that was under the bandage.

As you might imagine, none of this sat well with her. She has since sworn off mountain biking, unless it’s only uphill.

Snowboarding season can’t come soon enough, I’m afraid.