Yesterday we were so lucky to be able to get together with an old friend of mine, Brady, and meet his new wife and son, Stephanie and Cody. We met them at the Pizza Pie Cafe where we caught up on life. Evie eventually warmed up and talked to them but Spencer was still a bit shy. We decided we wanted to let the kids play so we headed off to Jump On It in Lindon. It was pretty crowded, unlike the first time we went and there were maybe 10 – 15 kids there, but we stayed anyway. Brady also got a pass so he could jump too and Spencer finally warmed up and followed him and Cody around. Evie was more hesitant due to the amount of kids so she stayed in the little kid area. I took a few pics (they were jumping so much the pics ended up kind of blurry) and sat down to talk to Stephanie and Steve some more. Brady came to us carrying a crying Spencer a little while later. They were chasing Brady around and as Spencer jumped another kid jumped and it sprung Spencer up high and he landed just wrong.
We tried getting Spencer to show us or tell us where it hurt but he couldn’t catch his breath well enough to do it. Then I noticed that his right leg, the hurt leg, was curved in while his left leg was not. We decided to head to the ER, and of course, it took longer to get there because of the darn construction. This is the first time I hated the construction. We got in the ER, I put Spencer on the bed, and the typical information and explanations came. Poor kid was not excited that he had to get a morphine shot in his hip/side but luckily the medicine started to help soon enough. Stephen had called his parents and they were good enough to come help out with Evie and Garrett (little g hadn’t eaten in 5 hours!). I went back with Spencer to get his x-rays. He had a lot of pain while they helped him straighten out his leg but eventually it was straight enough for the x-ray. I had to stand in the little room but Spencer was calm enough and knew where I was. They took a front x-ray and a side x-ray, put him back on the rolling bed and we headed back to the ER “room.”
They showed us the x-rays, where the break was and explained that they were putting on a half cast today in case the leg swells more. On Monday we are seeing another doctor to have him review the x-rays and get a full cast. I asked Spencer what color he wanted if he got to pick and of course, he said his favorite color…BROWN! YUCK! A brown cast? I sure hope not! I asked what his 2nd pick was and he said red. Whew…I can handle red. Spencer was so brave throughout everything. He had a pained look on his face, maybe shed a tear or two, but he sure was a strong little boy who understood what we explained to him.
We’ll have to figure out what to do about school, but hopefully he won’t miss too much. His friend in class has a broken arm (twice now) so know they have two kids with casts in their class! I’ll keep updating as more things come.
memilyrae | 
02 18th, 2011| 
