first visit to the ER...

so last thursday the weather was kinda crazy... a snow/sleet mixture started falling around lunch. and before we knew it, schools were dismissing early and tons of businesses in the area closed early too. both mine and nate's offices closed early (shocker!) and although nate was supposed to attend a work function later that nite, it got cancelled as well. (woo hoo!) so after a super slow hour and 20 minute drive home from work... i was so glad to finally be at the house with my 3 boys! we put on some comfy clothes, enjoyed dinner, and settled in for what i planned on being a nice relaxing nite! well guess what friends? things didn't go as planned. the boys were laying on our bed watching tv, while nate and i were catching up on some of our shows in the living room. and that's when i heard it... the scream heard round the world. the kind of scream where you hear a scream, then nothing for like 5 minutes before the next scream. you know the one. i rushed to our bedroom and saw lucas on the floor by the bed. i had no idea what had happened, only that he was trying to walk, but couldn't. i thought he had broken his leg or something b/c he wasn't walking. i was trying not to freak out! long story short... lucas wouldn't put weight on his foot. screamed when nate touched it and would not calm down. he kept saying "fall down. foot hurt." :(

so it didn't take long for us to call the grandparents and decide that our first trip to the ER was neccesary! trace was so sweet, trying to help us take care of lucas, and praying for him! but we decided it would be best if he didn't go with us, not really knowing what to expect. so after dropping trace off at my parents house, we headed to st vincents east (it was closest, and the weather was bad...) where we met nate's parents. with me trying not to freak out, lucas crying, icy roads and us having never been to the ER before, it was very comforting to see meme and g-daddy waiting on us when we pulled up! (side note- i'm pretty sure b/w nate, josh, and rachel, john and terri have seen their fair share of ER's! unlike my parents... i think i only went once when i was like 5!) but anyways, i def think it eased luc's fears as well to see sweet familiar faces!



holding his pecan twirls (meme let him pick his own snack from the machine and this is what he wanted!)



after x-rays and the whole nine yards, they decided nothing was broken. PTL! however his foot was pretty swollen and the dr said he had possibly strained some ligaments. so they wrapped it up with an ace bandage and sent us on our way! lucas was such a big boy... and for the most part was very cooperative. he didn't like the xrays, but he sat in my lap and i sang jesus loves me over, and over, and over! although he cried the whole time, he sat very still... and seriously, that's a miracle! i thought for sure they would have to call in help to restrain him! what a brave boy! oh, and i think this is worth mentioning as well... we got there at 8 pm and were walking out the door just before 10. so i'd say we were pretty fortunate to just spend 2 hrs in the ER! (i've heard horror stories of being there forever!)



sweet baby!



so it def wasn't the night we had planned, but we realize it could have been a whole lot worse! in reality, i knew it was only a matter of time before we had to take one of the boys to the ER! i'm sure we will be going again at some point, so at least next time we know the drill! :) but i'm hoping it's not a place we end up often!

he was so tired... the minute we got in the car he passed out! it was a long nite for little man!

the ace bandage lasted til friday morning, then he decided he wanted no part of it! he kept saying "take it off, take it off!" so we did!

lucas didn't put any weight on his foot until saturday nite. he got around just fine by crawling, walking on his knees, or scooting on his hiney! ;) that is... until rach and d kept the boys sat nite so nate and i could go out to dinner! when we got back to their house- guess who had been walking some? yep! uncle d convinced lucas to walk a little with the help of kenley! i was so proud of him... like he was walking for the first time! he didn't walk much, and i know it still hurt him, but i was so relieved to see he could put weight on it! (the dr had told us if he didn't walk on it by monday they needed to see him again! i was getting a lil worried!) then sunday after church, we headed to burger king to grab lunch and let the kids play for a little while. lucas kinda hobbled in, but the minute we took him to the play ground he forgot about his hurt foot and was back to full speed! hopping, jumping, sliding, running, like nothing was wrong! yay! he still has a little limp and it's still swollen and bruised a little... sometimes he will tell me "foot hurt" but for the most part, it's healing great! we are so thankful he is better, and not a bit surprised that our first visit to the ER was with lucas!