By ErinG

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"My mommy broke my brother's leg."

Unfortunately, Cora is telling everyone, "My mommy broke my brother's leg." The sad part is that it is true!!! Sunday, after a GREAT BIRTHDAY PARTY for Atlee, Luke woke up from his nap and I was carrying him down the stairs so he would be quiet and not wake Cora up. . .we only went about two steps down when I slipped and fell! I started to fall forward, slipped - swung around hit my head on the banister, caught myself with some weird strength and pulled myself backwards with such force that I "skied" down a few steps before I slammed back against the steps. I was holding Luke on my hip and his leg was between my back and the steps.

My first reaction was, "Oh my God Dave, I broke Luke's leg." That was said through tears as I handed my son off to my husband because I couldn't move yet from the pain I was in. It didn't take long to see we had to take Luke to the hospital.

4 hours and two Xrays later it was confirmed . . . Luke has a broken leg. It is called a "Spiral Fracture." Imagine breaking an egg, from the point of impact spread out across the shin bone. I walked away with only some bruises and a sore tailbone while my poor baby has a broken leg. It has taken me so long to post this because of the GUILT I have felt watching him scoot around and listening to him cry "OUCHY" in pain.

To make matters worse, when he left the hospital Sunday night the hospital only gave us a prescription for pain medicine . . . however, nothing is open at 9pm to fill the prescription, so Dave had to drive back to the hospital when we realized that the pain medicine wore off around 11pm and Luke was in TERRIBLE PAIN and then it took an hour for it to work again so by 12:30 am Luke finally passed out.

Monday found us trying to keep him still and entertained. He was still in a lot of pain and the "liquid Morphine" medication was starting to make him sick and he eventually threw up (twice). The Pediatric Orthopedic didn't want to see him until Tuesday so that the swelling would go down before he put the cast on.
Here he is after getting his *waterproof* cast. I have no idea how this will work. We are supposed to be on vacation starting tomorrow. . .at the beach!! I was given strict instructions NOT to get sand inside the cast because it will greatly irritate the skin. He is in the cast until September 3, SIX weeks!!! It is a full leg cast and he is not allowed to walk on it!!

For as sad as I am about it things are already starting to look up. HE is learning how to scoot around and very much adapting to his new situation. The waterproof cast will allow him to at least enjoy the pool and there are a lot of walks, jogs, and playing inside in his future for the next 6 weeks!!!

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1 comments:

  1. Erin says:
    July 21, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    Um, I am very much convinced that *nothing*, absolutely nothing, is going to stop Luke. Good luck with that, Mama!

    Sorry that you are both feeling pain. Thinking about you quite a bit.

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Cora's Age

Luke's Age

Training

Distance for 2012. Goal 1000

Statistics of Growing Children

Aug 2012 - First day of Kindergarten for Cora was spent at the doctor instead of at school - PinkEye. Both kids: Cora 47" (3'11") 44lbs. Luke 46"(3'10") 43lbs.

Jan 2012

Cora and Luke turn into twins. BOTH are wearing size 13 shoes and weigh 40 pounds. Cora is 44 inches, Luke is 43 inches.

11/11/11

Cora: 4 years 5 months: 40 lbs; 44 inches

Luke: 3 years 3 months: 39 lbs; 42 inches

Mom: 36 years old: 150 lbs; 71.5 inches

Dad: 40 years old: 175 lbs; 74 inches


August 30, 2011

Luke's 3 year old well visit. Flu shot. 2nd Lead Test.

Stats:
Height: 42 inches (off the chart)
Weight: 38 pounds (90th percentile)

Speech: I will contact school to ask for testing. No rush, but speech class looks to be in his future.

August 10, 2011

New shoes for both kids:

Cora AND Luke: size 12!!!

May 22, 2011

Cora (4 years old): shoe size 11.5; height: 42 inches (92 percentile); weight: 38 pounds (72 percentile)

February 19, 2011

Cora (3 years 9 months) new shoes: size 11; height: 42 inches; weight: 35 pounds.

Luke (2 years 7 months)

new shoes: size 10.5 (2x wide); height: 39.5 inches; weight: 34 pounds.

September 12, 2010

Cora (3 years 3 months) gets new shoes: Size 10.5

Luke (2 years 1 month) same size as before: Size 9

August 18, 2010

Luke's 2 year appointment:

No shots. Everything looks great. Doctor says all is well and our only concern is the temper tantrums that seem to be occurring more often.

Weight: 31 pounds (60th percentile)

Height: 38" (off the charts) {. . .if you double his two year height and "predict" his adult height Luke will be 6'4" tall!!]


June 11, 2010

Cora's 3 year appointment:

She started to get nervous when I told her about the appointment but I was very firm and told her not to cry and that she was going to be brave. Both the nurse and two doctors (one was an intern) said she is in great health, size and weight. They all also commented on her "advanced verbal skills." (I secretly wondered if they were saying that she NEVER stops talking?!) We will make a dentist appointment soon and probably start fluoride pills or treatments since we are on well water.

Weight: 34 pounds(75 percentile)

Height: 42 inches (off charts - about 115 percentile)

Currently wearing 4T dresses, 3T/4T shirts & shorts

March 9, 2010

Luke (19 months) had his 18 month appointment.

Weight: 28 pounds (75th percentile)

Height: 35.5" (off chart ;-)

Immunizations as scheduled - handled it well. Issues with a limp - will see specialist - hopefully will turn up nothing!

February 3, 2010

Luke (18 months) got new shoes - size 9XW!! (XW = extra wide)

Luke weighs 28 pounds - he was weighed at his sick visit on Jan 28, 2010.

Cora (2yr 8months) got new shoes - size 10!

December 2, 2009

Luke (16 months) had his 15 month check up.

Height: 34.5 inches (110 percentile - off the chart)

Weight: 27 pounds (75 percentile)

Another vaccine was given but we declined the flu vaccine. Dave and I discussed it and we are watchful of the flu but not worried. . . we are comfortable with the major vaccines but don't necessarily want to add two more (regular flu and H1N1) to the shots schedule.

November 2, 2009

Luke (15 months) got new shoes - size 8!!

He wears 18-24 month clothing.

Cora (2.5 years) didn't need a new size yet - size 9!!

Cora is in 3t pants and 3t or 4t shirts.

August 27, 2009:

Luke (almost 13 months) had his one year check up.

Height: 33.25 inches

Weight: 26 pounds

He received his shots/vaccines and handled them like a big boy. . . but his lead test was torture!! He screamed and had a tough time with it.

August 15, 2009:

Luke (12.5 months) got new shoes - size 7!!!! (The lady at the Stride Rite who has owned the store for 30 years said, "I have not sold many shoes this size for a kid this young.")

August 10, 2009:

Cora (age 26.5 months) got new shoes - size 9.

July 24, 2009:

Luke was grabbing his hears a lot so we decided to take him to the doctor to double check to see if he had an ear infection. Also, Cora has a mysterious rash that needed a doctor's quick glance. Turns out Luke has a small ear infection and Cora has just a basic children's rash - allergic to something she touched and it will eventually go away.

Luke: 25 pounds 3 ounces

Cora: 29 pounds

June 1, 2009:

Luke's "9 month" appointment (he is 10 months old but we wanted to schedule Cora and Luke for the same day):

He did great!! No tears - No problem!!

Weight: 21 pounds 6 ounces

Height: 32.75 inches

Currently wearing size 18-24 month summer clothes, sometimes fitting into 12-18 month.

Cora's "2 year" appointment:

She cried as soon as she got into the parking lot and didn't stop until about 30 minutes later - crying isn't a good description for the screaming and yelling that came from her little body! Cora finally calmed down to be examined by the doctor - all is looking great! She did get one shot . . .and she cried again. . . but when the nurse took the needle out she said, "No more hurt!" So she did get a few points for bravery at the end!!

weight: 26 pounds

height: 37 inches

Currently wearing 3T dresses, shorts (for length) and 2T shirts.