In April Danny lost the Battle of the lightsabers with Sara....really it was a trampoline. I feel like I've told this story a hundred times, but Danny will see the Dr. again in a couple weeks so I thought it would be a good time to put the story on. Danny was at his friend's house enjoying the day in the backyard. Unfortunately while they were jumping, Danny was bounced by a child about twice his size (which by way is the
reason for most trampoline accidents, who knew). when Danny landed he twisted his ankle...it broke. It was very swollen by the time I got to him a few minutes after it happened so I knew it was broken, just didn't know how bad. First, I took him to the Dr. office and they sent me to the ER, who called in an Orthopedic Surgeon, who sent me to Primary Children's Medical Center. Luckily my Dad was in Salt Lake that nigh
t and met us there to give him a blessing. Daniel and Danny stayed over night at the hospital and I took Sara home so I could get the other kids to school in the morning. Danny had surgery the next day. He had a type IV growth plate fracture of the distal tibia, he also fractured his fibula above the growth plate. Danny was in a soft cast for a week and a hard cast for 3 weeks. It should have been 4, but he was having problems.
He was in a walking boot for about 5 or 6 weeks, then he walked with his foot turned out for quite a while. I t was about 2 months after the boot was off when I didn't notice the limp when he ran. He's doing really great now, but we have to do follow-up x-rays every few months to make sure both legs are growing at the same rate. Fun times. His Dr. told us if there were no problems by 18 months out
, we would most likely be ok . We are very grateful to the many doctors, hospital staff, friends and family who have helped us throughout this ordeal. Something funny about Danny, after he got everything off, he refused to go without a sock on his broken leg. He wore his sandels everywhere with one sock. It was quite funny. Also his leg was a total peg leg, the muscle had atrophied so bad.
In April Danny lost the Battle of the lightsabers with Sara....really it was a trampoline. I feel like I've told this story a hundred times, but Danny will see the Dr. again in a couple weeks so I thought it would be a good time to put the story on. Danny was at his friend's house enjoying the day in the backyard. Unfortunately while they were jumping, Danny was bounced by a child about twice his size (which by way is the 
reason for most trampoline accidents, who knew). when Danny landed he twisted his ankle...it broke. It was very swollen by the time I got to him a few minutes after it happened so I knew it was broken, just didn't know how bad. First, I took him to the Dr. office and they sent me to the ER, who called in an Orthopedic Surgeon, who sent me to Primary Children's Medical Center. Luckily my Dad was in Salt Lake that nigh
t and met us there to give him a blessing. Daniel and Danny stayed over night at the hospital and I took Sara home so I could get the other kids to school in the morning. Danny had surgery the next day. He had a type IV growth plate fracture of the distal tibia, he also fractured his fibula above the growth plate. Danny was in a soft cast for a week and a hard cast for 3 weeks. It should have been 4, but he was having problems.
He was in a walking boot for about 5 or 6 weeks, then he walked with his foot turned out for quite a while. I t was about 2 months after the boot was off when I didn't notice the limp when he ran. He's doing really great now, but we have to do follow-up x-rays every few months to make sure both legs are growing at the same rate. Fun times. His Dr. told us if there were no problems by 18 months out
, we would most likely be ok . We are very grateful to the many doctors, hospital staff, friends and family who have helped us throughout this ordeal. Something funny about Danny, after he got everything off, he refused to go without a sock on his broken leg. He wore his sandels everywhere with one sock. It was quite funny. Also his leg was a total peg leg, the muscle had atrophied so bad.
