The impact was so forceful that Foster flipped over the fence, her spine severing her pancreas into two pieces. After her release, she suffered two serious relapses, again requiring urgent care. Major surgery had been ruled out because there was a slim chance the two severed pieces of the pancreas would grow back together. Scar tissue closed the centimeters between the two pieces, and within months the fluids had found their way across to the other side, eventually healing the entire organ. If I learned something through all this, it is that miracles do happen.
Children do recover.
Foster was unable to return in time for the Stingrays' trip to Colorado, but she did make the trip as a fan to Dallas by summer's end. Last fall, she played volleyball for Palmetto. And this spring, she played first base, a key player as the Panthers won the District 16-6A championship, a title many assumed would belong to rival Sunset. It took time, but now I'm 100 percent. It has been a great softball season for us because no one thought we could get this far.