Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Three Broken Bones, But Only One Really Good Story


My grandkids have sort of been falling apart lately. None of them have actually lost any parts, but my three oldest grandchildren have all broken a bone in the last couple of months. My 10 year old grandson, Jared, broke his foot a couple of months ago. He is pretty well healed and should be good to go after a couple of sessions of physical therapy. My grandaughter, Hope, who is 8, broke her toe a couple of weeks ago and is still limping a little but is on her way to healing.  (It is nice and convenient when one cousin can pass their orthopedic shoe and crutches down to another cousin). Both of them were sort of just messing around...no real story to how they broke a bone.




My 7 year old grandson, Justin, has the best story to tell but he was a little reluctant to tell it at first. He will get the cast off of his broken wrist in a few days. When he came up from the basement crying and holding his wrist his story was that he had fallen off of the Hippity Hop ball. You know, those big balls that kids sit on and bounce around.



It was true that he fell off the Hippity Hop ball, but not the whole truth. With a little prodding from his brother he finally "fessed up that he was jumping on the pool table on the Hippity Hop ball and that he fell off when he jumped from the pool table to the floor.  Ouch! At least he got a really cool orange and blue (for the Broncos) cast instead of an ugly orthopedic shoe and he has a good story to tell.

And to answer the questions everyone has asked....Yes, they all drink lots and lots of milk, and no, there is nothing wrong with their bones.


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16 comments:

  1. Oh, wow! Good thing he didn't land on his head or break out all (or even some) of his teeth. Crazy kids! I've never had a broken bone and my daughters got all the way through childhood without broken bones. I'm crossing my fingers the grandkids will do the same.

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  2. And here I thought it was only MY son who kept breaking his bones all the time. In separate incidents, he broke both arms, toes and finger. He's also needed lots and lots of stitches. Thank goodness he slowed down once he became a teenager. I'm afraid you're going to have to live through the worry. Sigh...

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  3. What a brave lad, bouncing on the ball on top of the pool table. That is the best story.

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  4. OH goodness - that story about jumping off the pool table is hilarious! Just the kind of thing my kids love doing.

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  5. I shouldn't be laughing but I can't help it! I can see him on the pool table on the bouncing ball. It must be a boy thing because I can't imagine my Granddaughter's doing that!!! He's an adventurous one!

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  6. Oh my goodness. I am glad they are all on the mend. Justin's story is definitely a keeper. i bet that will be retold around the dinner table in many years to come.

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  7. What a way to start the new year, eh? One would hope that they would be more careful because of these experiences, Jeanie, but ...... probably not, right?

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  8. I broke my toe last summer and it is so hard to get over it...it hurts forever. She will heal a lot faster than me. Such a boy thing....There are so many crazy things the kids do and squeak by with no broken bones.... I hate trampolines... that is a sure bet someone will break something.
    My five year old broke her arm last week. No good story there either. Sister pulled me off of the couch by my boot.
    Heres to the healing of all our little ones (o:

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  9. What memories these children will have...Life is full of accidents and our bodies are definately not made of steel.
    I have, twice, this past year put my thumb under great turmoil. Sprained it first and it is still not well, and cut the tip off of same thumb last Thanksgiving as I sliced the celery.
    Steel against flesh, the steel wins every time....

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  10. Ah yes, to be young and adventurous again...where have those days gone?

    My husband and I stood in a buffet line for 40 minutes...we were behind a nice young couple with two boys, 7 and 3, although the three year old looked six. A future line backer for sure. As I watched him continually say, "But I want to" when he Mother would correct him from climbing on the rock walls, while we wound our way in line, I felt terribly home sick for my grand sons...

    All their desire to explore the wonderful world of their vivid imaginations, where there are no limits...

    I am glad they are all healing and doing well.

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  11. OMGosh! Jumping on the pool table. He's lucky his wrist is the only thing he broke. Yikes.

    Hope all the kids are on the mend and stay that way :-)

    xo jj

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  12. Wow, I never would have thought of using a hippity hop ball on a pool table. Quite a daredevil.

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  13. Broken bones seem to be a rite of passage of childhood - especially for boys! Glad the breaks weren't too serious.

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  14. Ouch! Glad the breaks were nothing serious! What a thrill ride, however, to fly off the pool table while on the jumping ball! (Like we never did anything stupid when we were that age!)

    Good post!

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  15. I see what I have to looks forward too...

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  16. That IS a good story! Sorry about the bones, though!

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