Kelton has been adjusting to his this new experience rather well, as well as he can I suppose. He has been moving around a bit better now that the hard cast is on, and he has been whining less, a lot less. He often makes comments like, "I can't walk," or when asked what happened he replies, "my dad jumped on me." Yep, I get blamed for the accident, for bouncing him on the tramp, I just hope he doesn't call Utah Child and Family Services on me. Well anywho, here is another video I took of him to show how he has been getting around.
Kelton's Hard Cast
Kelton went to the Orthopedic Surgeon today to get his hard cast on. We saw the Ortho for litteraly 3 minutes. We were however able to find out some great news. Kelton will be in the hard cast for only 5 weeks. It will come off the day before Halloween. The doctor sees no reason to worry about any long-term effects, says the break was clean and rarely are there any complications from a break like Kelton's. They took more ex-rays and this time we were able to see them. The break is just below the knee and does go all the way through the Tibia. Kelton will be able to get around a bit better with the hard cast on and the Doctor even said he could put pressure on the cast and even stand or walk on it without displacing the bone if he wants to. He said that kids Kelton's age generally don't, instead they just want to scoot or crawl around, but that is better than being in one place all day. Oh, and the cast is waterproof, so no worries about bathing and stuff, heck he could even go swimming. Check out this movie I made about the Keltster.
Kelton Breaks His Leg
On Sunday September 23rd, Kelton, Braden and Dad were out jumping on the trampoline as we have done numerous times before. Dad got a little out of hand and bounced the kids to high. Kelton caught the bounce wrong (dad heard a audible snap) and Kelton flipped over. We immediately rushed Kelton to the ER figuring he had a broken leg. The ER Doctors confirmed this to
be the case. He broke his Tibia (the larger bone in the leg that runs from the knee to the ankle) all the way through, Yes I said all the way through. Luckily the bone was not out of place and there was no need to re-set the bone. He has been a real trooper the last couple of days, but also can get very frustrated at times because of his immobility. All of his grandparents have come by to see him and have also offered gifts such as coloring books, movies, toys, etc. This has helped to cheer him up a bit. Today we take him in the the orthopedic surgeon to get Kelton in a permanent hard cast. He has been in a soft cast since Sunday. We will learn more about his condition today and hope that there are no long-term effects from his injury. We appreciate the prayers from family for our little Kelt's and know you all love him!
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