BROKEN!

This were NOT the word I was thinking would happen to MY child before any of my siblings children, but it was!

On Sunday I was getting lunch ready, while Alan shoveled, Zachary & Kye played with blocks, & Emma was reading. It was a lovely Sunday morning where everything was going SMOOTHLY ...

Until the SCREAMS of pain started from Kye.

The screaming wasn't shocking, but it DIDN'T STOP --- that was the SHOCKING part.

Our TV speaker had fallen right on top of his little foot --- OWIE!

Kye's foot was IMMEDIATELY bruised & swolled when Daddy brought him upstairs.

I KNEW something just wasn't right.

He screamed for a good 45 minutes until his Daddy distracted him with a Peek-a-boo game ... good ol' Daddy to the RESCUE!

We made an appt. with the x-ray people at Wee Care Pediatrics & proceeded onto church.

{I had to be there to do sharing time & Al had to be there to give the closing prayer}

Alan left church early to take Kye to his appt, while I did sharing time & gathered up our other 2 once church was over.

--- YEP, the x-ray showed a nice, clean break right on the GROWTH PLATE OF THE BIG TOE!He was in this temporary boot Sunday to Monday & was ABSOLUTELY miserable!!! He wouldn't walk on it, put pressure on it, or allow ANYTHING to touch it.

{Sunday night was WORSE than your first night home with a NEWBORN ... he was just so miserable. No pain medicine even touched the pain he was in, & he was just restless, sleepless, & couldn't get comfy.}

Monday morning we got up, had a bath, got the call for our next appt with the Pediatric Surgeon, & waited around until NAP time to go to it ... UGH!

Oh well, at least they were FAST, EFFICIENT, & good to Kye.

They explained that what we do NOW is not necessarily the ONLY thing we'll have to do or the sure fix. Since his break is on his growth plate of the ONLY toe that matters, we would cast it, decide after the cast came off if it helped, & then wait & see if the toe really still does grow ... Instead of pin it immediately.

Now that sounds like FUN! :)

He did really well having his foot wrapped in a cast.

He only wimpered a little having it done.

Immediately after they did it, he would put pressure on it, but couldn't REALLY walk since it was so bulky & slippery.

By Tuesday he was cruising on it & climbing like normal. I'm glad he caught onto life FAST cause let's just say a miserable 2 year old make a MISERABLE household!

He'll wear his cast for 3 weeks & then we'll see what the next step will be ...

He still gets tired by the end of the day hauling his leg around, but he gets better & better by the day.

He get frustrated when his cast gets stuck or caught on things --- which happens often enough to cause ANYONE a headache!

But all-in-all I'm glad it's "HEALING"!!!

We're glad that this little "incident" is able to HEAL & not really have detremental consequences!

It is kinda cute to see him "PEG-LEG" around the house!

It brings a smile to my face.

I'm so grateful kids are so adaptable to life ---

I strive to be more child-like in SOOOO many ways!