Ethans big break
Two days ago Ethan and Emily were playing in the living room with David. Ethan jumped off the couch and, we think, banged his foot on the leg of the coffee table. He cried and we iced it and he seemed fine. It didn't seem swollen and/or red or bruised. But the next day he was limping on it. We watched him and although he was limping he was not complaining and was still playing as normal, more or less.
Anyway when he woke up Monday morning he was still limping on it and it was a little bruised so I called the pediatrician and brought him in. The doctor sent him for an x-ray, although she didn't feel it was broken. She wanted to be sure because fractures can be hard to diagnose. So off we went to the radiologist. Ethan was great. We had to take a couple extra pictures, because he moved. But at the end of the day he did great. He was cute and sweet and behaved -- which is pretty good.
When the doctor called we discovered there is a fracture. So he will have to see an orthopedic doctor and who knows what he will say. How do you get a 2 year old to stay off a foot long enough for it to heal? Hopefully they have an idea about that.