The devil is in the details

Okay, I missed a minor detail in yesterday’s blog. I was waiting for all of the family to find out. Not only did super-grandpa come up here to help us, but he did it the day after he found out that he has prostate cancer. His father had it, and his doctor had been monitoring him for a few years now but only recently decided to perform a biopsy. We are grateful that it appears to be a small area, and his doctor doesn’t seem concerned that it is a very aggressive form of the cancer. In fact, he doesn’t go back for two weeks for his initial treatment consultation. Please say a little prayer for him.

Yesterday, when we were outside and grandpa was tilling the garden, Joe was enjoying playing in the dirt and around the play structure in the neighbor’s yard. He somehow got his foot stuck under the side of it. By the time we came to help him out, he had already twisted his way out and was wailing. The rest of the day, he wouldn’t put any weight on his leg. We really knew something was wrong when he didn’t run to daddy when Scott got home from work (his favorite part of the day.) We took our tough little boy to the doctor this morning, even though I felt a little paranoid and silly – after all, he didn’t have any swelling, an it was probably just a twisted or bruised ankle, right? He was the most irritable I’ve ever seen him today – he screamed through the x-ray and wailed anytime we shifted him while holding him. But he has a cold, he is still cutting his big molar, he didn’t get much sleep last night, he might be getting suspicious with grandpa here, it could have been a lot of things. After being at the doctor 3 hours, we learned that he has a twisting hairline fracture on his leg! Poor little guy! We decided against a cast for now in favor of an ace bandage and a Tylenol regimen. He seems to be doing a little better.

Here’s a pic of the leg all wrapped up. He can’t quite figure out how to get around yet, but he seems to have figured out not to put any weight on it.

“Hey, does this thing come off?”

The offending play structure. Boo, play structure.

Finally, we also had our last ultrasound today. We are happy to report that the boys are 6 lbs 6 oz and 6 lbs 5 oz. Okay, Suzanne’s not so happy to report that. That’s a LOT of baby in there! We are also happy to report that one of the four kidneys has returned to normal size. The other three are still large, but everyone is hopeful that they will follow suit.