More xrays

So this happened last week. 

Colin fell down the stairs and rolled his ankle. He tried not to land on his arm so he fell the other way. We iced it and the next morning when he couldn’t put pressure on it at all I took him into get X-rays. 

It took a long time because they had to come back and get extra xrays because the head radiologist at the main hospital was also reviewing them and saw something suspicious.

Thankfully though it’s just a soft tissue sprain and he gets this special shoe to wear for a week. If it still hurts they want him to come back in or they said we could wait until his other orthopedic appointment for his arm and get his foot checked then. 

His foot has been very swollen but today he went outside for a walk down the driveway. He was so bored a few days ago that I had him get in the car and we went for a drive for a few hours just to get him out of the house. This poor boy has been through a lot lately.

His PE coach is the varsity basketball coach and so far colin hasn’t met him in person because he was quarantined and then broke his arm. He does attend the zoom classes but can’t do much. I had to email the teacher and said that colin can’t even go on his daily walks. Colin is worried the coach will think he’s very accident prone but I told him at least he will remember your name! 

I told Colin today that there is a saying that bad luck comes in 3s. His tongue surgery, broken arm, and not foot that’s his quota and it’s all uphill from now on. 

 

Spring Break

 We didn't do anything during spring break.  Much of what they wanted to do we couldn't because of Colin's arm so we stayed home and it seemed like our entire neighborhood went away.  That left us with 6 dogs, 4 birds, 3 guinea pigs, and 2 rabbits to take care of.  Colin ended up making over $200 pet sitting and Joel and Norah each made around $60.  But needless to say we will NOT be getting a dog anytime soon. We did end up going to the Botanical Gardens a few times and then to the arboretum to walk around. And one night we went Uncle Jeff's for dinner. 

Easter

Easter was quiet again this year.  Just our family. But last year church was virtual and this year we could go in person so that felt a little more like Easter Sunday. 

Never too old for an egg hunt. 

Brent's lazy way of hiding easter eggs. Dump a bunch in one spot and tell the kids there are lots of "jackpots" for them to find. 

 

Cast

It seems like every time Colin breaks a bone someone else wants to join him. Last year it was Norah with her arm. This time its our neighbor.  She broke her arm so bad she now has 13 permanent screws and metal plate inside her arm. Poor thing! But really it has been nice for them to commiserate together and have someone going through the same things at the same time. 

I dont think Brent realized how limiting it can be in that cast until Juliauna came over one day with her tylenol and said "Mr. Brent can you help me? I've been trying to get this open for the last 30 minutes and my mom isn't home."  Colin can't even cut up his food or pour himself a glass of orange juice.  He finally got to where he could put toothpaste on his tooth brush. Needless to say Colin has been counting down the minutes until he got his cast off.  He wasn't this excited last year so I know this one had to be more uncomfortable and limiting. 

Colin and I go on daily walks.  When they are both together I'm sure some people do a double take.  One of our neighbors had a contractor working on their house and each time we passed him it looked like he wanted to ask why I had two kids in arm casts. 

Cast free as of Tuesday.   And he is healing so well he went straight into a brace and not a short cast.  He was thrilled.  

He still can't walk normally with his arm straight down.  His elbow is incredibly stiff and the doctor said that could take a few months to heal.  Colin does have to sleep in this brace so he's sad about that but its a lot more comfortable than that big cast. 

Hopefully this is the last broken bone we will experience! 

 

Soccer

Last fall Norah completed a fair play badge in girl scouts where they learned tips from a soccer coach.  She loved playing soccer and has asked ever since when she could be signed up for soccer.  At the time they only had a few weeks left in the soccer season we we waited for the spring season.  She has been going outside and practice soccer weekly.  She got a goals and a soccer ball for Christmas and has been patiently waiting ever since.  

We signed her up on a team with her friend Addison but then it turned out she knew two other girls on the team as well.  She has loved going to practice twice a week and is getting better at the games. A lot of the girls haven't played before so the first few games were big learning curves.  He coach said Norah is really good for someone who hasn't played before and picks it up pretty quickly.