First trip to the Orthopedist

Jackson had his first trip to the orthopedist today and I would love to hope for the last. Aunt Ashley and Mr. Jason took Jackson to the bounce house for one of their friends little girls birthday party. Jackson apparently had a little too much fun with Aunt Ashley. We are not sure what happen, but when he got home, he would not walk on his left leg. Jason and I waited until this morning to call the pediatrician because we thought he may have been overly tired from having two late nights and not a long nap before going to the bounce house. However, when I went to get Jackson up this morning, he was just laying there looking at the ceiling. He was not standing up waiting for me. I changed his diaper and he seemed to be himself asking for oatmeal. I put him down to walk to the kitchen and he immediately went down to his bottom and would not walk. Jason and I decided to call the pediatrician and she wanted to see him first thing this morning. He apparently landed on his foot wrong while bouncing yesterday and got a growth plate fracture of the ankle. We went to the orthopedist and they did an xray and as expected you could not see it on the xray. The pediatrician and orthopedist said that because there is so much cartilage surrounding the bones that are not fully developed, you can't tell anything by an xray. Jackson will be in a cast for 10 days and we will go back to have it removed. If he is walking fine, we can leave it off. If he is not doing so well, we will have to put it back on for a few more days. The doctor said that they usually heal fast at his age, so hopefully we will get to take it off next Wednesday. Jackson took a very long nap this afternoon and when he got up, it broke my heart. He kept saying "shoe off". He wanted me to take the cast off.

I could not get Jackson to walk or crawl when he
got up from his nap. He was happy and content
playing in the floor until he wantedto watch
what he calls his"lion" video and a snack.
Notice Jackson is showing his gamecock pride. :-)

My Sweet boy! Aunt Ashley brought him a horsey flashlight while he was sleeping and he loves it!

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I had no luck trying to get Jackson to
walk with the cast, so I thought if
I had any hope, it wouldbe to get him
pushing his lawn mower outside.
Jackson loves to go outside and push his
lawn mower. It took him awhile and I had
to practice with him walking back and
forth several times before he actually
took off. He finally got the hang of it. He
did much better outside than inside. Once
we came back in, the hardwood floors d
o not give any and I think it's harder
 for him. It's going to take him a few
 days, but he is getting there

Jackson is missing his bath times. We can't get
the cast wet, so Mommy and Daddy had to give
him a sponge bath tonight. We took the shoe boot
off as you can see below before he wentto bed. We had
to purchase a shoe boot becasue we have hardwood
floors, otherwise they old me we had to keep a sock
on the cast. I could see him now falling
 all over the place from slipping. I told them
I would rather have the shoe boot for him.