My Endodontist Played for the Minnesota Lynx

Dr. Lindsey Meder, who is with Endodontics, P.C., performed my root canal last week. I’d discovered that, while earning her undergrad degree, she played basketball for the Hawkeyes at the University of Iowa. She was also drafted into the Women’s National Basketball Association where she played for the Minnesota Lynx.

I took her a copy of Leora’s Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression that has the Des Moines Tribune basketball photo of my mother (Doris) as a freshman. The Dexter girls still played three-court basketball but at the end of season, they had several extra practices in order to transition to six-on-six. Now women play full court with five players on a team. Dr. Meder said she hadn’t known about girls’ basketball before six-on-six.

Mom made the team as a freshman because she’d played against her older brothers, and because she was left-handed.

I’m glad the root canal is done. Now to get that tooth crowned soon.