....Graham's first cast :( There was a bit of an accident at daycare yesterday - Graham's leg got caught on a seat belt strap as he was jumping down from his carseat. The daycare provider managed to catch him so that his head didn't hit the ground, but his little leg got twisted a bit. She called right away and let me know what happened, and that he was not wanting to put any weight on his left leg. We set up an appointment with the doctor to have a look - he seemed to think that there were no major problems and thought G would be walking on it by the end of the day, but in case he wasn't, he also gave us the name of a specialist to call. Last night he was very tired and very sensitive. He didn't want to walk and was very upset when I would touch his leg/ankle area.
This morning Graham still refused to put weight on his leg and was still very touchy, so I called to make an appointment with the specialist. They got us in later this afternoon - we had x-rays taken and as it turns out, Graham has what the doctor called a "toddler fracture." He assures me that it is quite common and that he probably sees one every couple of weeks or so. While they don't always show up on x-rays, he was able to spot it on Graham's x-ray and showed me as well. We went to casting and came home with this little blue cast. The healing time is fairly quick so we are going back in 3 weeks to see how it looks.
Graham was a trooper today and didn't complain too much about all of the poking, prodding, and picture-taking. In fact, when we got home it didn't take him long to start crawling around and climbing all over the place. His leg must feel much better now that it's all protected and wrapped up tight - he was in much better spirits than last night. We'll hope for a good night of sleep too :)
Mom sent several pictures tonight of me when I was almost 3 years old (just one year older than Graham!)
It's the opposite leg, but the same injury. Mom tells me it didn't take long for me to adapt and do just about anything I wanted.
It could be a long three weeks, but we are so grateful that he's going to be ok and that the injury was one we could easily get fixed.