1st of Many

The dreaded stairs that we have all fallen down now! Timmy fell down the stairs last Sunday. We knew something was wrong when he screamed for 45minutes and then wouldn't walk on his leg. There was no swelling immediately and he never had any discoloration. WE took him in for x-rays on Sunday right away and I called our on call doctor, which was not our doctor, but a partner in the same building. I called him and asked if he would meet us in the ER so that a pediatrician would see Timmy. So they took x-rays of his hip and upper leg. The x-rays came back completely clear and they told us it was probably muscular or ligature damage. They also said if he doesn't walk in a couple of days he needs to be seen again.
A couple of days later he started crawling, but not walking. So we knew then it wasn't his hip or knee. We started feeling his leg to see if anything hurt and we pin pointed the area about an inch above his ankle. We made an appointment with a pediatric orthopedist. We met with him yesterday and he took x-rays of the tibia and yep, its broken! It is called a spiral fracture, which is common in toddlers. The doctor said that they see this injury when a child is riding down a slide on mom or dads lap. The child gets their foot stuck in the slide and it twists the leg and spiral fractures down the tibia. The x-rays showed a crack diagonally down Timmy's tibia.
We got the cast on yesterday and had it set in beaver colors. Timmy missed his afternoon nap to have the cast put on, he surprisingly just sat there for the tech to put it on. It was awesome. The only time he put up a fight was when we had to hold him down for the x-ray. He was a champ and got a cookie when it was all over.

Today Timmy is a happy baby again! He is giggling and walking all over. He ate a good breakfast, which he hasn't eaten good since it happened! I am assuming it feels a whole lot better now that it is stabilized! It's the smallest cast I have ever seen, we might have to keep it for his baby book!