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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Broken Ankle 8:08 AM

Well, Colin broke his ankle. He slipped and fell at Nemah and Papa's pool and after that he just wasn't willing to walk or put weight on his foot. So we knew something was wrong and I took him to the ER. They didn't see anything on the X-ray, but put a splint on him and sent us home. The doc said that if it didn't feel better by Monday (this was Friday) to come back and they would re-examine it. He saw an orthopedic and had more x-rays done. The x-ray still didn't show anything, but according to the orthopedic doctor, there is a common "toddler fracture" that is so small that you can't see it on the x-ray, but if he was unable to put pressure on his foot and it was still painful to him after 3 days, that it was more than likely fractured. SOOOO he got a cast all the way from his toes up to half of his thigh. NOT cool considering he can't go to the pool or take a bath for 3-4 weeks :( He has been a trooper though adn after the first week, he has adjusted to having his cast on. He even figured out how to (sort of) walk around with it on. (I need to get a video of this because it's TOO cute!!) Here are some pictures of my little man with his "boot" as he calls it!!