Thursday, October 21, 2010




If you look close between the two bones on this one you can see something coming off the bone. When I asked about it they "didn't know what it was" and said to call radiology. We called and haven't heard back. GRRRR.




Tuesday nights Leo (and Ryan too) go play basketball at the church, and I go over to my friend Kelly's. Mid-way through our visit I get a call from one of the other kids we take and kelly's husband saying I need to come to the church because he hurt his ankle.... possibly broke it. I jumped in the car and quickly headed over. When I arrived on scene the boys at basketball had just loaded (carried) leo into a van and were transporting him to the ER. We got into the ER... and waited... and waited.... and waited.... and waited. Imagine maybe another hundred "and waited" phrases at this point. About four hours later they finally saw him. I'm still not sure if the diagnosis is correct as the X-rays show something coming off his bone right where the swelling is. They said he probably popped 2 if not 3 of his ligaments and it was a "sprain"... I'm thinking it still could be more. We have an appointment on Monday to see. For now, he's been drugged up, iced up, and leg upped. These are pictures after the swelling has gone down (two days later). He's still in a lot of pain. Compare the backs of his feet and you can see how much it's swelled up. This is looking great compared to when it first happened.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is there a Dr. in the family? Thats what you want to cry out when you get so-so medical care. I am praying that you get some solid answers soon and that Leo will heal very quickly.
m&d

Anonymous said...

Leo, Looks like a pretty nasty sprain to me. I can see at leat 3 torn ligaments and some previous damage from past injuries. Sprains like this are definitely worse than broken bones to me. Sorry it happened. I'm assuming you are using the crutches you used last time you boogered up your foot. Do you still have the gel filled bicycle seat thingy's on the arm pads. If you need some we got ours at Wally-World and they really helped. Get better soon.
Dad