Mommio: The First Cast

So, Gabe has been suffering from horrible pain in his heels for about two months now.  At first it was just after a busy day, then it started being all day, then he started to only walk on his toes and then it got so bad that he was crawling at night due to pain.  Off to the doctor we went and found out he was suffering from an inflammation around the growth plate on his heels where the achilles tendon attaches called Severs Disease.  They sent us to a podiatrist who sent us to a physical therapist.  After trying that out for a week he was worse than before (actually waking up in the middle of the night with pain) so yesterday we went back to the podiatrist...and came home with Gabe in a cast with crutches!

The idea is that if he rests the tendons for four weeks it will heal and his pain will go away.  They couldn't cast both feet at the same time because due to the angle of the foot he would not be able to walk at all.  So, the right foot will be in a cast for four weeks and then we will go back and the left foot will be in a cast for four weeks.  What a way to start the summer off!  Lucky for him- he has his Nana right across the street and will be getting lots of special attention for the next 8 weeks.
As I watched them put the cast on I couldn't help but think how amazing it is with this many kids (7 I mean, we can't really include Connor in the count)  that we have not had one cast or broken bone until this point.  It is a real novelty in the 100 Toe house!