Sticks and Stones

Mother's Day 2011 will forever be engraved in my mind. Let me start at the beginning...

Yesterday morning we all woke up and had breakfast. My little munchkin loves, I mean LOVES to play outside. It was already warm at 8am so we figured we would go outside and he could play while I watered our pots and other flower. Munchkin man was still in his footed jammies with dinosaurs all over them and was splashing around in the water as it flowed down the drive. All done and ready to go inside, I was winding up the hose and Munchkin's jammies came off as he was soaked. He wanted one more taste of a puddle by the front door and before we could grab him, his feet came out from under him and he landed on his LEFT side. After he had not stopped crying for thirty straight minutes, I called his doctor on the exchange and they said to take him to the Emergency Room right away. We went, they X-rayed, we left. Doctor there said he did not see anything on his X-rays but the radiologist would double check in a couple hours and call us back if they found anything. So by the end of this day, with not receiving a phone call from the radiologist, we figured it was just a twisted ankle.

But here is the thing, he would not put pressure on his RIGHT ankle.

Called his doctor this morning, as yesterday we just got the on-call doctor. She wanted to see him as soon as possible. Just as we were about to walk out the door, the radiologist called. Shoot. Turns out the radiologist was a little further behind than they had thought.

More X-rays this morning and they found an oblique fracture in Munchkin's right tibia. So not his ankle thankfully, but his lower leg. My poor baby just cannot catch a break.

Going to a specialist this afternoon to see if we get a cast or just some kind of splint. Please pray for no surgery and a quick and painless recovery for my precious Munchkin!!