Wednesday, September 17, 2008

sooner or later... though I would have preferred later

It seems that Aiden's dare deviling has caught up with him! Last night while I was at my primary presidency meeting, Aiden and his siblings (and a couple of friends) went upstairs to play in the gym. About 15 minutes later I hear Aiden crying and Anthony walks into the room with his little brother in his arms. He tells me, "Aiden jumped off the stage". Hands him to me and walks out of the room. When I set him on the floor, he took a step toward me and then collapsed. Luckily, one of my counselors is an orthopedic nurse, and she checked out his foot. She recommended we get an x-ray. We went home and waited for Ricardo to get home from his meeting, and then heading to Primary Children's Hospital ER. 4 hours, 3 x-rays, 2 doctors, and 1 bouncy ball later, we were on our way home with Aiden in a splint for the next 2 weeks and instructions to make an appointment with the Fracture Clinic for follow-up x-rays and a possible cast! Yes, the little monkey has a fracture (or maybe just a bent bone) in his right foot. The attending physician, after looking over his foot, and observing his behavior turned to me and said, "I don't think this is the last time we'll be seeing you in here". I am inclined (regretfully) to agree with her. What kind of 2 year old jumps off a 4 foot high stage? Ya gotta love that kid!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh goodness! Boy, it sounds like it's going to be hard to keep him off of that foot! In the picture it looks like he's ready to jump off the stage again! Good luck keeping him down! I feel for you!

GREENLAW said...

i'm waiting for my aidan to break SOMETHING!!! hopefully, it's NEVER! (although, somehow, i doubt it!) we've only had one broken bone so far, and yes, it was my other boy!! hope the healing goes smoothly!

Pack Perhe said...

I remember when it was Luca's elbow and the great time you had trying to keep him from using it. Good luck with Aidan--I hope the process goes well!
Isa