Broken Ankle

It's official, Michael broke his right ankle. Last week he was climbing a tree and fell off of it. He sprained his ankle and broke it (though the ER said it was not broken at the time). It was x-rayed in the ER where they splinted it and put him on crutches. I being the all knowing mom, decided that I did not believe the doctors and believed it to be really and truely broken. Three days later we took him to the orthopedic doctor and he looked at the SAME x-rays and proclaimed it broken. It was really hard to see because it was in his growth plate so I can't blame the ER doc's for missing it. Here are a few pictures of what it looked like when they took the splint off before they casted it.


Michale was surprised that his foot was so bruised. It was every color of the rainbow and then some - red, purple, black green, yellow! Not only did he break it, but he sprained it as well! What luck! Two injuries in one. He's just happy that he has finally broken a bone. (How sad is that!!) I think he is trying to keep up with Nathan and all his broken bones. Anyway, he said to tell everybody that he chose a black cast. (I will take a picture of it later when I get time.) At least it is a walking cast. He only has to use the crutches until he gets used to walking on the cast, then he can ditch the crutches. In three weeks he gets it cut off, more x-rays and if he is good, then no more cast, if not, then another cast. The good news is that it is not a displaced fracture - one where the bone has moved - this is good because if he had displaced it, then there would be a chance that his bone would not grow right and one leg would be shorter than the other! I tried demonstrating how that would look for him and it sent him into a fit of giggles.