Luke’s big break
June 10, 2009Just a couple days ago I said to a friend “It’ll be a wonder if he makes it through this summer without breaking anything.” Guess I should have knocked on wood.
It was pouring rain yesterday so we went to a kids indoor activity center to play. They have a ton of slides, tubes, ball pits, and wonderful other activities that Luke loves. He had a lot of fun, and was sliding happily down a 5-ft slide into a ball pit. Then – somehow – he had the bright idea to jump FROM the top of the slide, over the slide, into the balls. The ball pit wasn’t exactly deep, and he landed pretty hard onto the padded surface. Honestly, though, he does jumps bigger than that at Gymnastics onto pads and has never had any trouble. But this time, he definitely did. He came up screaming right away that his leg hurt, and we waited for a couple minutes to see whether it was swelling (no), bruising (no) or if he could put weight on it (also no). In the end, we came home, thinking maybe he had just twisted it. He ate a good lunch, had a nice long nap, and woke up still in a lot of pain.
So off we went to the Childrens Hospital Emergency Room. Luckily – we live right beside the hospital. Thankfully we have made it 18 months without ever setting foot in the doors, but that all changed yesterday. 4 hrs later, Luke was released, after having an x-ray, talking to countless Doctors, and with a half-cast on his leg. The diagnosis: still undetermined. The x-rays don’t show a clear break anywhere, but fractures are hard to see in very young children apparently, and they didn’t x-ray his ankle specifically. They put a half-cast on to immobilize it for now, and he’s heading back in 3 days to do another x-ray. If there is a fracture, it should be more evident at that point, which will necessitate a real, no swimming, no walking, mommy-and-daddy-misery-of-a-summer cast. If there isn’t a fracture, likely it was just a sprain, and he’ll go back to walking on it more within a week or so.
The good news is, he not only got a fancy bracelet, he also got a really cool Robot x-ray sticker, and this funky “Big Boot” as he calls it.
I am sooo far behind on your insane life. A cast? Chicken pox. And I did see that picture of your poor face Linds. And congratulations on your Canuckhood Kyle! You guys have really had your hands full! We took posession of our new house last Friday and it is a full-on demolition zone at the moment. My parents and Jess’ mom are coming next week and Jess and I are taking time off work to get the house ready for the end of June. Gulp. I miss you guys and I really wish we could have come to celebrate Kyle’s citizenship! When to you leave for China???
Maybe when the cast comes off you can find a baby flying squirrel to live in it…in Luke’s room…just a suggestion. I figure your life is crazy enough you might as well try that.