Wow - another weird day. Last night I wound up giving Taran a couple of Ibuprofen to help him sleep so when I woke him up this morning his knee looked a bit better. Unfortunately, after he'd been up and around it swelled up again and looked messy. We decided that Ian was going to take Taran to the hospital but not until the afternoon so he went to school this morning - but not on the bus though. I went in early to take him and he spent the day in the wheel chair staying on the ground floor. He actually did some school work!
Part way through the morning we found out that two of Taran's classmates have the "new flu" which means that his class is cancelled until Thursday! Joisan's class is due to go back on Monday but if one more person in her class comes down with it or if two kids from the grade 8 class get it then the whole school will be closed for the week. Weird system.
So I did not go to the hospital today but I heard the story and it was enough - I didn't need to be there! Ian said it was a better doctor this time. He sent Taran for x-rays and they wound up taking 50cc's of blood out from under his knee cap. The doctor said he didn't tear the ligament - he stretched and crushed it though. (ooo ooo there go the shivers - I can just imagine how that feels!) He got a kind of splint / cast thing and a set of crutches and he is not allowed to put any weight on it at all for at least a week. Then he'll probably have to do some physio to get it back in shape. Anyway - he's pretty bummed about the whole thing - he's just aching to get into the sports and activities here.
Joisan and I have a big day tomorrow - we're going to watch an English speech contest in the morning and then an open house at a highschool in Muroran before we head to Joisan's ballet class in Date. Busy day so I'm heading off to bed.
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