The following week, Garrick and Tom replaced the toilets, Braden diagnosed the problem with the dishwasher and decided it was time for a new one, we started school and Caleb was casted. One day that week, Tom and Garrick were working on the toilets, Braden was working on the dishwasher, my dad was tutoring Caleb with school, I was working one-on-one with Maddie, and my mom was watching the babies--caaarazy!! Someone was working on something in nearly every room in the house!
As if all that wasn't exciting enough, we went over a week with no dishwasher because Braden went to purchase our new one and decided on the model that would arrive the soonest--in two days. Great! Well, we failed to receive the call the day before that was supposed to tell us when they would come, so Braden called that night...only to find out that he had been given completely wrong information. He had in fact purchased the dishwasher that would take the LONGEST to arrive. Ooops! Instead of two days it was I think 9 days. I never realized how useful my dishwasher is. Dishes piled up SO FAST, it was ridiculous! My mom came over and rescued me at least twice by washing piles of dishes. Between caring for a bed-ridden boy (who also happens to be one of my two gophers and chore masters), doing his chores, doing the normal things of life, and starting school...and then trying to wash all the dishes...well, let's just say I'm not gifted enough to manage all that!
So, back to the broken leg...yes, two weeks ago Caleb broke his left leg. Went around a corner too fast on his bike and went down. The left leg was under the bike, and we're guessing the weight of his body came down on the bar on his leg and broke the bone, the tibia, front and center.
We weren't sure it was broken at first, as he settled down once we got him home and on the couch. But then he was really tired and took a nap even though it was early in the evening. And it wasn't very painful unless Braden moved his leg a certain way, then he'd be in tears. So reminiscent of his first arm break. We called our pediatrician, and since Caleb was comfortable and tired, he gave us the go-ahead to skip the ER and wait until morning and call the orthopedist for an emergency appointment first thing in the morning. Caleb slept fine that night and went to the doc first thing and, no surprise there, he'd broken his leg. Bummer.
A leg sure is worse than an arm. Caleb was in some pain for a few days, and so he was on the couch all day, and Braden carried him to the potty, down from bed in the morning and up to bed at night. Crutches have been pretty hard for him to manage, and he's gotten more places hopping on one foot or scooting on his bottom. Whatever works, right?!
On Monday, Caleb got his first cast off, which was orange and over-the-knee. It was replaced with an under-the-knee cast that's green and red, because Caleb said it's getting near Christmas and he wanted Christmas colors. :) He can start bearing weight on his foot now, and he has a little soft shoe to help with that. And in 3 weeks he gets his cast removed. It was originally going to be 4 weeks, but it's healing so well, they changed that to just 3. Must be that cod liver oil I'm giving him! :)
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