Orthopedics

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, we walked to school along with Noah.  Evan rode his bike with Jack.

Around 10am, we picked Evan up at school.  He hurt his knee in football in the fall and is always complaining about it hurting when he puts pressure on it.  So if he plants to change direction or if he is on his scooter he complains.  We finally made an appointment with a pediatric orthopedic doctor.

The doctor was very very nice.  He was good with Evan.  They took x-rays and the doctor explained what each bone was to Evan and where it was in him.  As Rachel and I suspected, there was no break. Also, the pain Evan was pointing to was lower than his growth plate.  The doctor couldn't see anything but hesitates to recommend an MRI just yet.  He prescribed 4-6 weeks of physical therapy for Evan.  He said it would help him in general because "athletic boys his age are always tight" and this will help him loosen up.  So we'll start Evan in therapy.

We dropped him back off at school and came home.

When we went to pick the boys up, Rachel and I drove.  Rachel said goodbye to the boys and left to go tutoring.  Noah and I walked home and Evan rode his bike home with Jack.

We were talking about Back to the Future this weekend and so Evan and Noah have been doing a Back to the Future marathon.  They are on Back to the Future 3.  We actually own those on DVD.  I think they've really been enjoying them.

I'll be reading with Noah soon and then the boys will go to bed.

Until next time...