Update on broken leg

Today was Alessandro's follow up appt with the Dr. to see how his leg is healing. She said everything is looking great! The bone is healing just fine and he got the okay to do whatever he wants. No more restrictions!! When he got home the first thing he did was jump down the stairs and then he ran back to do it again. hahaha Then when Diego got home his first question was "Can I wrestle Lalo now?" Yes you can!! His response was "FINALLY!!" Alessandro is thrilled to not have us harping at him about staying calm and not doing anything to hurt his leg. :)

His broken leg is a little more than an inch shorter than his good one. In time it should catch up, but if it doesn't he may need surgery in the future. It would be surgery on his good leg to put a metal plate and screws in, which would stunt the growth in that leg until the broken one is able to catch up. Then they'd remove the hardware and both legs grow at the same rate (hopefully). If this needs to be done she'll probably wait until he's an adolescent. She said if they wait until he has a growth spurt he would need the hardware in for a shorter period of time because he'd be growing faster. She kept saying "for now" the limp is okay, "for now" the different lengths in the legs is okay "for now" everything is fine. Which leads me to believe that in the future things will need to be done. But at least "for now" he is able to do what he wants and not worry about his leg. We go back in 6 months to see how his growth is going. In the mean time, I think he'll be having a lot more fun. He's already excited to participate in PE class and to do the monkey bars at recess. :)