Wow! What an experience Calvin will have after all this is over. He broke his leg jumping off the porch... chasing little woodland creatures...some exciting war story huh? After visiting 2 E.R.'s the consensus was that he needed surgery Tuesday morning to screw the bones back together.He broke the tibia and the fibula but the most damage was done to his growth plate at the end of the tibia.It was broke in 3 different direction. That is why they said it needed surgery. When they came in to tell us exactly what to expect and take him to th O.R. the surgeon said after reviewing the cat scan again she wanted to give it a week and re scan it because she said the bones in the growth plate were broken but not displaced so if we can keep it very very still it may start to heal properly as long as the bones dont move.We go Monday a 7:30 am to get the cat scan and then we see the Dr. right after to see if surgery will be necessary.We are so thankful for your prayers and are grateful that we are at home and have averted surgery so far. We are concerned about the injury may cause future damage since this type of fracture often causes the leg to stop growing since the damage has been done to the growth plate. We are praying and trusting God that he has this all in His plan and control and would appreciate your prayers as well. We are glad to be home! He has to keep his leg up above his heart at all times and no getting up except to go to the bathroom and then back to the couch. We are already getting bored but found great relief today when we found a very funny Christian comedian and watched several of his videos on you tube. I have included some here because laughter really is good medicine.We enjoyed it so much we called Robert to have him go by lifeway and see if he could find the dvd...HE DID...so we will be enjoying it after he gets home from church tonight!!!
If these don't download well for you then go to timhawkins.net and click on videos and it will show a bunch in really great quality!
the above video is made by this comedian Tim Hawkins, a fellow homeschooler, so all you other homeschool families will appreciate this.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Laughter is good medicine
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Hey! Definitely praying for you all and that Calvin will remain still enough for long enough to give those bones a chance to get back together on their own. I'm SO THANKFUL for your nursing skills and that you will be able to care for him so well! Also praying that school doesn't get thrown off so badly that you're feeling stressed about catching up. Keep the udpates coming! We miss you guys!
Oh, and if you can e-mail me that cheese dip recipe sometime, that would be AWESOME!!!!!! But only if you're really bored and not too busy. If you're busy, then don't even think about it! :)
Praying for Calvin! Glad you found something to keep you occupied. We want to get his video also. The clips are hiliarious! Hmm, might be a good gift for Daddy sometime this year.
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