Damon was out playing basketball with a friend on Saturday evening. He came back complaining that he had fallen and his foot was a little sore.
I decided to just watch it and see how things went. By Tuesday, he was still complaining about pain (worsening) and he had bruising on either side of his foot. I decided to take him to the Dr.
GUESS WHAT?!?!? The child is in a cast yet again!
The way his foot twisted when he fell caused the tendon on the outside of his foot (below the ankle) to pull away from the bone, taking a piece of the bone with it! OUCH!
So, here we are again, in a cast for 4 weeks. Then we will XRay it again and see how things look.
I asked the Dr. if it was normal for a child his age (12) to be in a cast for various injuries 4 times in the span of 1 year. He said if they have severe ADHD like Damon does - YES. Especially at this age, they are more "gangly" (sp?) and are a bit out of sorts in the first place. Also, these kiddos don't pay attention to their surroundings as much as your average kid, and therefore, are more likely to step in a hole or fall or step off the curb on accident and injure themselves. They have already run a bone "strength" test on him, and things are totally normal - so there's nothing to worry about.
*SIGH* Oh, these boys. . . . .
1 comment:
Well, Christy, he's one up on Phil. He "only" had 3 casts, but they were all on his his arm or hand. They weren't within a year but 2 or 3 years apart. All 3 broken bones were from boys being boys, kind of daredevil stuff. What would we do without them? Vicki
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