Yesterday, I took my son back to the doctor to get his leg re-checked. He broke it back in November and for the last 13 weeks he has been 2 weeks in a full leg splint, 4 weeks in an over the knee cast, 4 weeks in a below the knee cast, 5 weeks in a walking boot. We get good news from the Doc and J is now bootless! The bad news is that he now has to be extra, extra careful because the bone is still very fragile and his leg is weak. He still has to sit out a month from sports and can't run or jump at all. This is torture for a very hyper-active 13 year old boy that is a basketball nut. He has been able to play basketball for the last couple of weeks while wearing the boot, but has to sit out of the noon time game and is also going to miss the first four weeks of baseball season. J was adamant that he was fine and asked the Doc to rethink his plan of action.
The Doc finally got through to J by showing J the x-ray of his leg from the day he broke it (pre-set). Now neither of us had seen this x-ray before but Doc felt that maybe if J understood how badly the leg was broken he might understand the reason for the caution. Upon seeing the xray J quiped, "Wow, if I was a horse you would have shot me!". The Doc looked at him and said, "Well yes, I would have." J now understands.
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