Time to catch up
I feel that I am so far behind on this blog! I am not sure where to pick-up and start...I will have to just leave some stuff out and just catch you all up on the important news!
So, let's start with Pat-
His ankle is healing up pretty quickly. He broke it on January 22nd. The story is pretty funny. He was rough-housing with the kids late that evening and things were getting pretty wild...I have to admit that I was chasing him too...anyhow, he was running away from us and decided to jump up and over the couch. When he landed, his ankle just snapped. I could tell right away that he had really injured it. I knew he was hurt, but couldn't contain my laughter...I know, that is horrible of me but we all know how often we tell our kids "don't jump on the furniture!" and well, Pat made a perfect example for them.
I took him to the ER and the Doc there said it was just a bad sprain. They didn't send him home with anything other than an air-cast. I knew better, so stopped at Walgreen's and got him some crutches. Sunday morning the ER called and radiologist said that Doc had miss-read Xrays and that it was broken. They asked us to come back in to have it looked at and splinted. Poor guy, it was painful and very frustrating for him. It was the right ankle, so he couldn't drive. I drove him around the first week or so. It took us a few days to get in to the Ortho Doc. He said that it was a minor break and that from the Xrays it looked as if Pat had some old injuries to that same area. Pat agreed and it explains why his ankle just snapped finally. He is walking on it now and driving. I know he is bummed that he is missing ski season and his season pass is just going to waste, but we are very relieved that no surgery was needed and that it's healing up pretty quickly. He is now trying to catch up on everything at work that he wasn't able to do and get back into his normal routine of things.
He is taking Lilly to a "Prince and Princess Ball" tomorrow. Lilly was worried that he wouldn't be able to dance with her, but he has assured her that he is ready to "dance". I promise to have lots of pictures!
So, let's start with Pat-
His ankle is healing up pretty quickly. He broke it on January 22nd. The story is pretty funny. He was rough-housing with the kids late that evening and things were getting pretty wild...I have to admit that I was chasing him too...anyhow, he was running away from us and decided to jump up and over the couch. When he landed, his ankle just snapped. I could tell right away that he had really injured it. I knew he was hurt, but couldn't contain my laughter...I know, that is horrible of me but we all know how often we tell our kids "don't jump on the furniture!" and well, Pat made a perfect example for them.
I took him to the ER and the Doc there said it was just a bad sprain. They didn't send him home with anything other than an air-cast. I knew better, so stopped at Walgreen's and got him some crutches. Sunday morning the ER called and radiologist said that Doc had miss-read Xrays and that it was broken. They asked us to come back in to have it looked at and splinted. Poor guy, it was painful and very frustrating for him. It was the right ankle, so he couldn't drive. I drove him around the first week or so. It took us a few days to get in to the Ortho Doc. He said that it was a minor break and that from the Xrays it looked as if Pat had some old injuries to that same area. Pat agreed and it explains why his ankle just snapped finally. He is walking on it now and driving. I know he is bummed that he is missing ski season and his season pass is just going to waste, but we are very relieved that no surgery was needed and that it's healing up pretty quickly. He is now trying to catch up on everything at work that he wasn't able to do and get back into his normal routine of things.
He is taking Lilly to a "Prince and Princess Ball" tomorrow. Lilly was worried that he wouldn't be able to dance with her, but he has assured her that he is ready to "dance". I promise to have lots of pictures!
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