So, on Father's Day, the boys decided to see how many steps they could jump down. They laid out cushions at the bottom landing of our basement steps and started jumping. Well, long story short, Nate won the competition and the prize was a trip to the urgent care/ER. Seth was jumping up to 5 steps, Caleb jumped 7 and Nate jumped all 11. He made it a few times but when he showed Dave and I, he was a little distracted and landed with one foot a bit on top of the other. We waited a few hours but when he was still in a lot of pain before bedtime we decided we'd better check it out to make sure it wasn't broken.
An ER visit and x-ray later, the radiologist said it was just badly bruised and the pediatrician said it was broken. So we had to take him to a specialist in a few days to see who was right. He went to the last week of school on crutches and was quite the celebrity.
Luckily, the specialist said it was not broken so he could go to cub camp the next week and enjoy a full summer of swimming and fun!
Needless to say, we've opted not to have any more jumping competitions down our stairs!
1 comment:
Nate, one way to get attention!! So glad it wasn't broken, but jumping down ALL of your stairs . . . next time you'll go right through the wall at the end of them!
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