So, we have had a little excitement in the last couple of months. Since January, Alex had been complaining of shin splints. We had been treating his sore legs as such since then, with ibuprofen, ice, and a little rest. But he mainly continued to run on it. At the Simplot Games in Idaho, he was halfway through his 1600M race, when he collapsed on the track. We took him to the emergency room where they x-rayed and found that he had broken the Tibia in his left leg. Ouch!
This is a not very good picture of his x-ray, but you can kind of see how it shattered. We learned that his "shin-splints" were probably a stress fracture all along.
This is a not very good picture of his x-ray, but you can kind of see how it shattered. We learned that his "shin-splints" were probably a stress fracture all along. I know... I am Mother of the Year....
Even though the break is only about 6 inches above his ankle, his doctor put him into a full leg cast so that he couldn't rotate and move the bones around at all.
He has had the cast on and crutches for 5 weeks now. He is getting pretty fast on them, but, boy... they are no fun at all! we will go in to the doctor soon and hopefully he will get a shorter cast on for a while.
He's been a pretty good sport, but it has been a long 5 weeks. The hardest part has been that he is out for the whole track season. :( But, it did score him a key to the elevator at the high school!Sorry Al!
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how did you break your bone
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