Broken Bones

A few weeks ago, Jason was out at the Ranch, doing what he loves... He landed a jump pretty hard and his heel hit the ground. He said he felt like there was an explosion in his boot! He called me and asked how I was doing and what I was up to before he told me he thought he might have broken his ankle! I asked if he was okay and how his bike was. He said his bike was fine. He didn't crash and he even drove it back over to the container to park it before rolling onto the ground in pain! He said Austin was a big help getting everything put away and they were on their way home. I couldn't believe he was driving!


I called the hospital to get him in for an xray. They said they could get him in right away, but he said he wanted to take a shower first! He couldn't put any pressure on it and it was swelling up pretty quickly, but he really wanted to be clean...

Here he is getting into the car to get his ankle looked at. Can you see how big it is?

Sure enough, it was broken. They put him in an air cast and made an appointment for him to come back on Monday for a CT scan, so they could get a better look at it.

I wish I could have gotten pictures from the CT scan so you can actually see how bad it is. Jason's doctor just kept saying what a nasty injury it was and how this isn't the kind of thing that heals up like it never happened. The doctor said he wanted Jason to come back the next day for surgery.

After two hours of surgery, he came out with new hardware! He had three screws, complete with washers, and over a dozen staples in his leg! They let me sit with him while the anesthesia wore off. He tried so hard to wake up. He was pretty funny and then super sweet. It was totally worth all the days of sitting around the hospitals!

The doctor said absolutely no pressure on his leg for at least 6 weeks. He said in six weeks he should be able to go back to his air cast and start putting some pressure on it.

The next few days were pretty rough for Jason. He was on pain meds around the clock. By Friday he was feeling a lot better and getting stir crazy being cooped up in the house. He took some vicodin before we left and went out with some friends. Vicodin makes him so funny!! We were laughing pretty hard! Jeremy, Talli, and Jason

He is getting used to the cast. He has to take baths, which he hates. (Jason usually takes at least two showers a day! Mr. Clean!) He can hop about anywhere and is a pro at the stairs. He has mastered driving with his left foot. (I was STRONGLY opposed to this at first and even drove him to Bakersfield for his first day back at work. He finally convinced me that he is pretty good at it and it isn't as dangerous as I think it is.) And he is enjoying the motorized shopping carts at the grocery store and Costco!

He gets to spend a lot of time on the couch when he is home...Ashlyn and Jason looking at animals on his computer

He has mastered his crutches and even got into a crutch race with Phil who had knee surgery a few weeks ago! I wish I had that on video! It was pretty funny! I think they may be faster on those crutches than on foot!

Jason and Phil

I think he is willing himself better. The doctor said it is healing as well as they could possibly hope for and he may be able to go back to his air cast next week! He still wouldn't be able to put pressure on it, but at least he could take it off to get in the shower!