The Story

Gavin has recently learned how to jump. He jumps off the couch, trys to jump off of our bed and he even will just run and try and jump. He falls a lot, but never gets hurt. Well, yesterday was a different story. We were getting ready to go to church and Gavin was really hyper. He was running around our room and decided to run and try and jump. It didn't work out so well. Well, actually, he did get some air, for one of the first times, but his landing was lacking. He came down on one leg and something happened (we don't quite know what) and he fell down and started screaming like he was dying. So, Ryan scooped him up and said, "let's go". I was crying too and trying to remember to get everything I was supossed to get. We put G in the car and flip on the trusty dvd player and he was fine. He stopped crying and was just watching Nemo and talking to us. So, we figured, what a faker, lets just go to church. Well, every Sunday we go to Starbucks for lattes and Panera Bread for bagels. When we get to Starbucks Gavin usually runs around the terrorizes the place. Well, yesterday, he would not even let RYan put him down. HE just wanted him to hold him. When Ryan did try and put him down, it was not a pretty sight. Gavins leg started shaking and he couldnt put any weight on his leg. He didnt cry though . . . Then we went over to Panera Bread for our Asiago Cheese Bagels and Gavin did the same thing. We wouldnt even get down to TRY and walk. If you know Gavin, that is very out of character, he is always moving, never walking, alwasy running at full speed. So, we decided to take him in to urgent care just to be sure. We were there two hours and had x rays done. THey didn't find a break or fracture, but they sent his x rays to a specialist. The Specialist didnt see anything but he said that because of Gavin's age, he has so many growth plateletts in his leg that if one of them was fractured, it wouldnt show up on the x ray. So, we have to take Gavin to an orthopedic specialist to have him checked out there. He is doing suprisingly well. His leg is in a splint, so we can't move around very well, but he is figuring out how to get around a little bit. He slept okay, but we had to take off the splint so he could sleep. Everytime he rolled over or hit his leg somehow he would let out a little wimper. It was pretty sad. He is hanging tough though! We are so proud of our little guy! We let him eat popcorn and watch Monsters Inc. last night. He probably thought it was his birthday or something!
Please keep our little guy in your prayers as we make some appointments today!