Trent Surgery

 Welp. Trent's football season came to an abrupt end. Broken toe. Doesn't sound that bad....except for the fact that it was an open fracture. His bone came out of his cuticle. Yes. It was a nasty break! Since he was at high risk for infection (because the bone left the body and went back in!!), we had to get surgery. Our first true family injury!! And he was just running and playing rough at Westisde. Took a fall at the wrong angle and bam!!

He had to get a pin put in his toe to ensure the bone grew back correctly. He has a hard cast for 3 weeks, then a fracture boot for 2 weeks. So, that is most of his football season which he is destroyed about. But, he still goes to every game and every practice. He will be back in time for playoffs, so that will be a fun return! 

He has been so rough on his cast. He has sweaty feet, which makes for an interesting experience. We blow dry his foot any way we know how! He had to switch out his cast because his foot got so "water logged!!" Nasty! He is such a trooper though. Never complains and never misses a beat. Still playing hard, and making me nervous every second. That pin sticking out is so disturbing! We actually had the doctor build a medal guard around it. Trent needs all the protection he can get with how rowdy he is. 

We survived the hard cast. He got his pin pulled out and his fracture boot on for 2 weeks. He is back to bike riding to and from school. I no longer have to pick him up on the electric scooter, which was kind of fun! We are in the tail end and I pray this was just a bump in the road. The surgery was nerve wrecking. Trent was incredibly nervous about the anesthesia. But, it all happened so fast. And we got an incredible doctor. So, Trent knew he was in good hands. Trent learned to trust the process and take it one second at a time. We lived, we learned, we grew. And life rolls on.....