Lorena

When you’ve been through so much and never give up…

@GuntherEagleman Yes

Yes!

BTS- Basketball training with CRPS! The mental toughness…likely earned her the USMC Distinguished Athlete Award a few months ago. She also has a merit, athletic, and TN Hope scholarship.

BTS - I asked if I could record. This was her original diagnosis on 12/2023. Her sprain from June was healing fine. She’s convinced her symptoms developed after a vaccine. But doctors say it’s not related to the vaccine.

BTS - she’s trying so hard not to show how bad she feels. The emotional toll it’s taken on her hurts.

BTS - another sensory attempt. CRPS is so strange. I always did the same to her right leg hoping the sensation on the right would convince her left side to feel normal.

BTS - some days the pain was so bad that she couldn’t.

BTS - PT session. She was so private about showing pain in public places. It took so much strength and courage for her to be out in public and keep the pain to herself. CRPS is intense pain!

BTS- Dad’s turn with the sensory work. Pain at 7 1/2 out of 10

BTS- Never used pain meds. Acupuncture was her primary pain relief.

For several years, Hailee Toney enjoyed the camaraderie and lessons in discipline that came with playing basketball, and she is now on the cusp of beginning her college hoops career. cherokeephoenix.org/sports/after-d…

@TorvaMessor12 I’m glad basketball is not the most important thing to her. But being sidelined for two years due to her health has lit a fire.

@ChirpingMama I certainly can not advise you but a story. A daughter to whom basketball was the most important issue. Earned a walk on slot which covered expenses. She took it and after a single season decided that BB as a job was no longer fun. met criteria applied for academic was denied

@chsnrunning All great points.

Id go through a list of priorities with basketball being last 1 I’d look at which school has my major or the better program 2 The location of the school would i be happy there is there stuff to do 3 the costs beyond tuition 4 basketball Better to be somewhere you enjoy for 4 years and supports long term goals than be in say some smaller town D2 that you don’t really enjoy being at just for the sport You can always walk on at D1 if you keep training

Early days of America: Christopher Gist was a surveyor and friend of George Washington. His son Nathaniel Gist was the father of Sequoyah aka George Gist/Guess. He is my father-in-law’s great(4X) grandfather. As we get closer to 250 years. Proud American!

TRIPLE THREAT 🏀 Working on all skills. Can’t wait for her to return. And an amazing defensive mentality to boot. Great IQ. Just needs the opportunity. #elite #determination

Moving at about 80% speed. 🏀 Can withstand an hour of training with pain at 9-10 scale. She’s more determined than we’ve ever seen her. Unless something unexpected happens, we believe she’ll be able to return to games. #crps #BasketballLife #NativeAmerican #Filipina

Let’s go! 💪🏀 Moving with more fluidity. Started with pain at 3 1/2 and went to 9 within the first ten minutes. Went to 10 after 30 minute mark. She’s been shooting at 80% in training. Hope it translates to games. Caitlin Clark 2.0 😂 #crps #MondayMotivation

Super athlete with CRPS! 💪 3rd month after diagnosis. 9 months since original injury. Pain level 5-7 jogging on sand. Vitamin D deficient since pandemic. Levels still fluctuate. Supplements don’t work as well the real thing…sun and fresh air. #beachday #outdoors ☀️🌊

We volunteered as a family at a horse rescue for six months before Hailee got injured. Thinking back…this could be therapeutic to return. #crps The only problem is time. She loved these horses!!! This rescue also provided free horse therapy for military veterans. 🇺🇸

@Riley_Gaines_ An amazing female role model

Caitlin Clark is the greatest to ever do it. Unprecedented. And to hit it from a deep logo 3 is crazyyy😭