Kaleb's Foot/Leg Injury

Last Thursday morning while up in Granbury to visit baby Jaxon, we took Kaleb to the park in DeCordova to play on the playground. Everything was going great and Kaleb was having a blast, until.... Kaleb wanted to go down the slide on Mama's lap. We started to slide and Kaleb's left foot got caught between my leg and the slide and twisted back somehow. He started screaming! We held him and check him out for a couple of minutes and he wouldn't calm down. We took him back to the house to ice it down and figure out what we were going to do. He wouldn't bear any weight on it at all. After he sat on my lap for an hour, we decided that was not Kaleb at all and we needed to get him to a doctor. So we loaded up in the car to head to the urgent care clinic...
the foot... We went to an urgent care clinic and started signing in when the receptionist saw we had insurance and suggested we go next door to Dr. Lee who would take our insurance. It was a good move! Dr. Lee and his nurses loved Kaleb! Here he is in the room waiting to see the doctor...

It's crazy that at his age already, Kaleb can tell you how he got hurt!

So we saw the doctor, he examined Kaleb's foot, and he told us it was very unlikely a broken bone because there was no swelling or bruising. But just to be safe, we got some x-rays done. Here's Kaleb eating his lollipop from Dr. Lee while waiting to get the x-rays done.

and here it is... Nothing was found to be broken based on the films we had done.

So we got some lunch and headed home with a very grumpy, tired baby...

After his nap, Kaleb still would not bear any weight on his foot, so we had to find other ways to occupy his time...

Look at these two fishes! They had a blast! (Kaleb stayed off the slide)

So, figuring we were in the clear and Kaleb just had a sprain to recover from, Kevin and I went ahead on our trip to New Braunfels for the weekend. We figured it may be easier for Mimi to take care of Kaleb since she wouldn't have to chase him around everywhere! Well, Mr. Kaleb became very bossy! He will scream for you to pick him and just point in a direction he likes and yell "That way!" That's all day long. So although Mimi didn't have to chase him, she had to follow his orders and carry around this 30 pounder all day! Thanks Mimi for the weekend! So I headed back up to Granbury on Sunday night and we went out to eat at Babe's. Here he is (still not walking)...

Then Sunday night we took him to feed the ducks...

Dr. Lee had told us that if we didn't see improvement by Monday to follow up with our Pediatrician, Dr. M, so that's what we did. I called Monday morning to get some information and the Doctor said that she wanted to see him. We went in Monday afternoon and Dr. M was definitely concerned and said that not bearing weight on one leg for four days was very unusual. She suggested we get x-rays further up the leg to see if there was something we didn't catch on the first ones. So, we left there and went to get more x-rays! We're becoming pros at this already! Here's the leg... everything looks fine!

But everything is not fine. Kaleb has not walked in six days and if you know Kaleb at all, there's no way he could fake it this long! Every once in a while he will attempt to put some weight on it and you can just hear the pain in his cry. Dr. M finally called this evening and referred us to a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon who we are going to see at 8am. We're relieved to see a specialist, scared not knowing what is going on, and upset about all the pain and frustration he's experiencing! I've googled and searched everywhere to see what others say, and a lot of what I read say that toddler fractures aren't often caught in x-rays until a couple of weeks later. Hopefully we will get some solid answers or at least some way to help him tomorrow!