Sunday, March 23, 2014

First broken bone



About a week ago the boys were in the toy room, I was in the kitchen cooking and suddenly I heard Greyson screaming.  We aren't exactly sure what happened as the story was re-told by Tyler (four years old) but he said that Greyson was standing on the arm of the couch and fell (or jumped?) off.  He would not bear weight on it without screaming in pain.  He is usually such a tough little guy (having three older brothers helps that!) and barely ever cries when he falls down so we knew right away that we needed to take him to the doc.  It was (of course) after hours so we had to go the urgent care route.  There are several urgent care clinics right here in Oconomowoc so we are pretty lucky that way.  I took him to one while John stayed back and put the kids to bed.  We got in right away.  The nurses told us that he was officially the cutest patient they had had all day.  They gave us a room that had a broken t.v. which Greyson was a bit disappointed about.  I helped cheer him up by downloading "Angry Birds" onto my cell and allowing him to play.  They x-rayed it and let us know that they didn't see a break but that didn't mean that there wasn't one there that was hidden in the growth plates.  They gave him a splint and told us to follow up with an orthopedic doctor in the morning.  Greyson did not like that splint.  He wouldn't try to walk with it at all.  The whole next day he wouldn't walk or even crawl (the splint cut into the back of his knee) so he'd just sit wherever I placed him and would yell to me when he wanted to move.  I would then proceed to pick him up and move him.  It was an interesting day.  I got an appointment with the Orthopedic Doctor that afternoon.  He unfortunately had to x-ray it again and found the same results.  He told us that it is either sprained or broken and it is hard to see a break with all of the cartilage in a foot his age.  Either way the treatment is the same and that is to cast it because they don't make walking boots his size.  He asked Greyson what color he wanted and he chose orange.  Other than a few complaints the first day saying, "I no want this!" and "Take off!" it hasn't taken very long for him to adjust to having the cast.  In fact, a week after getting it he is already attempting to run around the house with it.  We do our best to slow him down but the doctor said it was okay for him to walk on it.  Running might be a little much.

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