Two days before Christmas, Tanner broke his toe. It was Sunday morning and he had put the corn baby in the microwave to heat it up. When it was done he went to take it out of the microwave and as he pulled it out, he pulled the glass turntable with it. We were all in the kitchen when it happened and Drew saw the glass land right on Tanners right big toe. It hit and immediately shattered all over. It took a minute of shock, then he dropped to the ground and started screaming. It was chaos. Tanner screaming, glass everywhere, me trying to get Hayden before he stepped on glass, Drew picking up Tanner to help him, blood everywhere! He was in a lot of pain and we did everything we could to make him comfortable. We immediately gave him Tylenol, but that didn't help at all. Drew called in the Pharmacy for something a little more strong, and also called his buddy who is an orthopedic resident to see what he though we should do. We finally decided that we should take him in and have it looked at. He ended up having two small fractures. They gave him a boot (which was 10 times to big) and sent him on his way. The first few days were a little rough. He wouldn't walk on it at all (or even stand up) so he just hung out on the couch and yelled when he need something. This got old really fast! By Christmas Day he realized he could walk on his heel and it would be okay. A couple of weeks later and he was right back to playing soccer and back to normal. We thought the toe nail would fall off, but it never did. His nail is still black and blue, but other then that he is totally fine.
2 comments:
I didn't even know about this! Poor little dude! I love the thought of him sitting on the couch, bossing you around. For some reason, it makes me laugh (is that mean?).
Poor Tanner, that looks so painful. Cooper was really concerned when he saw this.
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