Broken Leg

The cast goes all the way up to his hip :(

This past week Jordan was supposed to be up in Mammoth snowboarding with a group of guys from his work. However, on his very first day of snowboarding he overshot a very large jump, and landed hard on flat ground, resulting in a broken leg. My first reaction when he called was, "your not supposed to get injured on the first day!" My next reaction after we went to orthopedics and they said it is going to be long road of recovery, was a little mad and irritated. As of now, if only the bone is broken (the tibial plateau), we are looking at 6-8 weeks in a cast, however, if ligaments are also damaged, then after the 6-8 weeks we are looking at surgery. The doctors are pretty confident that the ligaments are intact, and therefore he could be back at work in around 4-6 months. Initially I was pretty peeved, thinking, now I have two babies to take care of, and thinking how lame of a reason to have a broken bone! But we have talked it over, and have decided we are going to make the best of the situation, we can't change the circumstances that we are in, but we can change our reaction to them. So, everything is going to be okay. Jordan is now looking at going on light duty at work, and will be receiving pay for the extent of his time injured. Lately, he has been gone ALL THE TIME, working like crazy, but now he will be home a lot more, so that is definitely a bright side. Circumstances change so quickly and you just have to take things as they come!

Outside getting some fresh air.

Clara in her new favorite toy.