This morning at 7:00am Tanner was running around and tripped over his little basketball. Of course he trips a million times a day, but this time happened to be different. I saw him trip and land on his leg all twisted and at the same time heard it pop. He was a wreck to say the least....and nothing usually phases that kid. So when he would not straighten his let, walk on it, stop crying, or let me go we knew something was up. We kept looking for signs that he hurt his ankle or his knee...but we would have never guessed it was his femur until right before we went to Urgent Care. Doug was pressing on his leg to see if he could figure out what was hurting the worst and when he touched his thigh he got really upset. We were hoping it was just pulled muscles, but he got X-rays and he fractured the middle of his femur almost all the way through. It was sooooo sad. I felt so bad for the little guy. I can't stand seeing him in pain. It reminded me of Kels when she hurt her foot....so sad and we were grateful that she was here to take care of Jake why we got Tanner taken care of, which ended up taking all day. Tanner was so brave all day. I can't even imagine the pain he was in. He didn't even really have any pain medication, just some tylenol. He is tough!! When the doctor asked us what color cast we wanted I was just going to get blue....but Doug found out they had camo and definitely wanted him to have that. So there you have it...an almost full camo body cast for Tanner. They had to go all the way up to his chest in order to stabalize the bone since the break was so high up his leg. It will have to be on for 4-6 weeks and it will for sure be an adjustment around here to work with it. He seems to be doing well once they stabalized it in the cast and can still walk(although he won't even try right now), but will just be dragging that heavy thing around, which will for sure slow him down...so we can only hope for the best from here on out. None of us woke up thinking that this would be our day, but we are just happy that he is safe and taken care of.
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OUCH!! That is so sad!! I just got off the phone with Melis and she was like you gotta go check out Sara's blog and then call me back. I thought for sure you were announcing that you were preganant or something. haha Poor little Tanner. That's crazy his cast goes up so high. Tate liked the camo idea too! He thinks if Doug breaks a leg selling pest control that he should get the purple cast with pink poc-a-dots!
Tanner man!!!!!!!!!!! That is heartbreaking!!!!!!!! I must say, the camo does make it somewhat cute. Hope he heals good. Love ya!
Oh, No...that's the saddest thing!!But he does look cute with the camo cast! Good luck with it, hopefully he will heal fast! Love you!
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