Leg

I scanned through this page today and realized Jake's broken leg never made it to press!  Back in late February we took a trip to Monkey Joe's bouncy house in Attleboro.. mommy lost her phone in the toilet and 10 minutes later Jake broke his leg.  A frantic drive to Hasboro with Jake crying the whole way was not what we had in mind on the last week of my maternity leave.  Jake was oh so brave once he got some Tylenol in him..so brave that I second guessed my decision for a few moments.  Until the Dr. came back with x-rays showing a fractured tibia.  Broken.  I knew it.  Jake sported a full leg cast on his right leg for 3 weeks followed by a cast to knee for two weeks after that.  Boys and casts are just gross!


In all, he handled it very well.  At the beginning there were lots of visitors..and LOTS of toys for this kid.  He got cards and cash and more toys.  For the first few days he did lay low and was couch bound but after getting the hang of his wheelchair, he was up and around like his old self.  He actually loved the wheelchair in the house..the small amount of room he could wheel into, he did.

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Four weeks of limping after the cast came off didn't stop this kid from running the yard, chasing his soccer ball, running the track, climbing stairs and running the playground.  He still hops a bit when he first starts to run and at the end of the day he is sore and he has a slight limp..but in all he has put the accident behind  him and even wants to go back to Monkey Joe's..which we will NOT.