Well, on October 16th my 3 kids went to tennis lessons. Isaac's third lesson ever, Nora's third time back this year (she's taken for a couple of years), and DF's third time back in a few years. He was liking it and getting pretty good, pretty quickly. I was enjoying our new Tuesday afternoon routine at the tennis courts. Until the last 15 minutes of lesson, DF went down and couldn't stand back up. I wasn't all that concerned at first, but then I became very concerned and he was in a lot of pain. Dr. Mark Russell met us at a clinic with an X-ray and we quickly found out he had a broken tibia. A spiral fracture they refer to as a "tibia twist" which they say is hard to do.
It has not been a fun couple of weeks, DF was in a lot of pain and unable to move much at all without spasms and difficulty. He has to quit his flag football season early and is iffy about basketball. This has been trying on him and heartbreaking for me, but it also has been an opportunity for me to grow, appreciate our good health and fortune and appreciate the small things more. I also have grown in empathy for people who cannot ever get out of a chair. DF has been resilient, positive and we could not be prouder of how he's responded. He is now pain free, and his bone is healing. He is still non-weight bearing so he's in a wheelchair most of the day but has gotten really good at his crutches and prefers those. He's had lots of buddies come by and help and check on him. We've had meals, and chocolate, balloons and books, and they say it takes a village and ours is phenomenal!
Left is before pain meds in IV, and right is after.
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