CAUTION: Slippery when wet!

CAUTION: Slippery When Wet!
(June 19, 2009)


Well it isn't hard for me to decide what to write about this week as the events of the last few days pretty much wrote themselves and BEGGED to be put on the blog! We have a tradition in our house, as I am sure many of you have. I even feel safe to say that there are many people out there who have allowed their young one to do the exact same thing that Paul and I let Jacob do. Of course with different results (or maybe the same) as what we had.

So it was a typical evening and since I was home alone (Daddy was out of town) I decided to let Jacob stay a little extra longer in the tub and play around with the bubbles and toys! He was in a great mood despite the lack of a proper nap that day. The "tradition" part of bathtime comes in when the bath is all done. Usually one of two things happen. Either 1) Jacob is allowed to run around naked while we clean up the tub and toys, or 2) He gets a diaper on and is allowed to run around with just a diaper on while we clean up the tub and toys. Either way Jacob LOVES it and thinks it is just great to "BE FREE" and run around!

Usually the evening ends a little while later when we go back downstairs and get our PJ's on and get a bottle for bedtime.

This week however ended a little different. Since I was all alone and Jacob was in an extra happy mood I decided that since he was being so good that I would forego the diaper and allow the nakedness to ensue while I cleaned up. I was almost done cleaning up when Jacob walks back into the bathroom and proceeds to pee on the floor.....oh come on....you know you have had a kid pee on the floor!!!! Anyway I immediately wiped it up using one of the wet towels that I had already used to help wipe up the water from the splashing during his bath. Well I either missed a spot or because I used a wet/damp towel the floor must not have been as dry as it should have been. Then all hell broke loose, Jacob came walking over to me and slipped on the floor and when that happend his left leg twisted and he landed on it in a really awkward position. He instantly screamed and started crying....this is the result...

Now at this point I knew that Jacob had hurt his leg, however since he could move his knee and his ankle I assumed that he has just twisted his knee or ankle or sprained something. And since I was home alone I didn't really have an option of taking him in for an x-ray. Paul wasn't due home for another day so we spent the next day watching movies and trying to keep Jacob calm. I still at this point just assumed a sprain and figured that within a day Jacob would be trying to walk to have gotten so stir crazy that he would forget about the leg and get back to normal. So by Thursday night Paul was home and we decided that by Friday morning if Jacob was still not bearing weight on the leg that we would take him into the Emergency Room.

So we got up early this morning and tried to get Jacob to walk, which of course was met with more tears. We still at this point would have bet the farm on nothing more than a sprain. So after an hour at the ER and an x-ray we got the news!! Jacob had fractured his tibia!!!! AAAAAAHHHHH!

The ER put a temporary cast on his leg and we made an appointment with a pediatric orthopedic doctor for the permanent cast. The cast will need to stay on for 4 weeks and the worst part about it is that it is above the knee. About mid thigh to of course his toes. We let Jacob pick the color and he of course picked HULK GREEN! We also had the option of paying extra for a waterproof cast which will allow us to take baths and allow Jacob to swim and play in his baby pool. The cast can be walked on so in a few days he should be comfortable enough with it to try and give it a test run.

The whole day although long and tiring went really well. Jacob was completely happy throughout the whole day and said hello to people and bye. He would also point to his leg and say either "OW" or "boo boo" when he would tell people about his leg. He allowed the x-ray to happen in one shot and even laughed as they put the cast on as he thought the green material was just too cool!

I guess the summer is going to be a little different now and being 7 months pregnant is going to make it harder, but at least he didn't fall and hit his head or injure anything more severe. The fracture will heal perfectly and he should have no side effects from the break!