Take a Break

Well, our sightseeing was cut a little short Wednesday afternoon and it was a long few days after that. I thought it would be a good idea for Collin to get to play at a local park before getting in the car to tour more of Phoenix. He played on the smaller playground equipment first and really liked playing with the steering wheel attached to the side but quickly became too interested in watching the big kids play on the other playground. We went over there so he could get a closer look. He walked along the equipment and was mesmerized by the kids running around. There was a kiddie train that I thought Collin would love to ride so I wanted him to get down so we could catch the next train. The fastest way down was the slide. Collin did slide down the slide but we did not get to ride the train because he ended up breaking his leg. I did not know that at the time. I thought maybe he bruised his ankle because he stopped crying and became interested in watching the kids play. To see if he was OK, I put him down and he fell over. That's when I knew we needed to get to the local ER. Collin was so calm that he fell asleep on the way there. I just wanted to have him checked out to make sure he was OK so we still went.

Because he is a kid, they saw him right away. He was flirting with the nurse and watching the TV that they had in the pediatric area of the ER. Then the doc came to check out his leg and he became a little cranky. Most of the time that the doc pressed on his leg and foot, he did not flinch. He was being such a brave little boy. He did cry out when the doc squeezed his calf. Because of that, the doc ordered an X-ray. Collin really did not like the X-ray part and was squirming so much that they had to take more than one picture. I saw the break in his bone on the first X-ray though. We found out later that he broke his tibia. They wrapped his leg and put a splint on it in case there was swelling.

We left the ER, got some meds and went back to the room. As you can see from these pictures, he was smiling and feeling relatively well for someone that just broke a major bone. He was a little irritated with the splint because it was in his way of crawling and moving around. He slept OK that night and only woke up a few times. He just needed a hug from mommy I am sure.

Today, he got his cast put on. He will be in this one for 2 - 3 weeks. After that, they will put on a cast that is from below his knee and covering his foot. Collin did SOO good while they put his cast on. He only got fussy at the end because he was getting hungry. Daddy came to the rescue with vanilla wafers. He loves these.

Here is his in his splint waiting for the orthopedic doc to see him. After this picture, he grabbed the paper he was sitting on and wrapped it around him. He started pulling on it and riping it. This happens every time he sits on this type of paper at the doctor's office.

Here he is being really brave and calm while the nurse put his cast one. Like the blue? We can pick another color the next time. We thought the darker color would be best with him since he will probably drag that leg around every where. The cast is only going to slow him down a little and only in the beginning. He will quickly figure out how to move around with it and get into things he shouldn't again.