Tough Day & Happy Boy

Well, we made it almost a year and a half without and unscheduled doctor visit. Yesterday went something like this.

• 9:30am - House is clean, laundry is done
• 9:45am - Head upstairs to get ready for the day. Toys out for Brayden and vacuum is in the hallway ready to go downstairs.
• 9:50am - I go into the bathroom, hear the vacuum fall and come out. Brayden is sitting there with a guilty look on his face after pushing the vacuum down. I put it on the other side of the baby gate and Brayden cries about losing "his" toy.
• 9:55am - I notice that Bray only takes a few steps before falling and crying. Did the vacuum fall onto him?!?!
• 10am - Call our personal Nurse Hotline (aka Grammy); Call Dr. office = both say go see Doctor and don't let him walk.

*Keep in mind, Brayden doesn't know the meaning of "sit still". He would much rather take a few steps and crash out of pain and cry, repeat, etc. than sit still. How do I get out of my cleaning clothes and get ready for the doctor? Grammy 911! Luckily she was in the area and they sat and watched some morning shows together...

• 11:30pm - Arrive at Doctor's. Try to entertain Brayden so he doesn't walk... for an hour and half! Lucky that we had some back up from a nurse with markers and paper for coloring... Sent for X-Rays.
• 1:30pm - Arrive at Radiologist for X-Rays.
• 2pm - X-Ray's done waiting for our copy to take home.
• 3pm - Head home for a overdue nap (for both of us!)
• 4:15pm - Results are in, no fracture! No break! Doctor just said, "Keep his leg iced and elevated... errr.. or just try to keep him from walking on it."

So when Brett got home from work we took Bray out for Pizza and then we went SWIMMING! Had to get all that energy out without putting weight on the leg, seemed like the only thing to do! Brayden laughed and smiled and splashed the whole time.

Actually, he was happy the whole day yesterday and today! He loved sitting in the waiting room and saying "Hi!"with a big smile and waiving to EVERYONE. He especially loved to attention from the nurses.

Today we kept with the theme of "activities that keep Brayden from walking" so we went and had lunch with Dada at the office. What a fun bonus that Bebo, Grammy and Auntie Juju were all there too! And we ran about a million errands, one of them happened to be the pet store. We looked at all the animals and he really loved the fish or as he would say, "dish!" So of course we came home with two goldfish too. :)

He is walking much better today, slightly limping, still falling, but not crying about it so I would assume there is not as much pain...

On our way to PIZZA! Then it was pool time...

At the pet store looking at the kitties.

He pointed at each individual one and said, "kitty, kitty"...