Healing

Jimmy is looking much better.  He feels "all better" so he says.  He is so cute, he'll say "Mom!  I'm all better- look I can run!"  And then he'll jog in place for like 10 seconds.  The bruises on his face look a lot better- but they are still there!  You can see them quite well still on the side of his mouth, under his jaw and under his eye.  

  

I can't believe how much bruising was caused by the surgery and how long it is taking to completely clear up (It will be 2 weeks since surgery in a couple of days).  He still limps a bit, but he's able to walk (and even almost run a bit) with so much more ease. 

I still get quite anxious and nervous he's going to bump his mouth.  Monday was a hard day, he had 2 separate occasions where he bumped his lip.  The first time he and Johnny were just playing legos in their bedroom and Johnny accidentally elbowed him as they were "digging for legos".  The second time was in my bedroom- he was standing at the foot of my bed while Johnny was jumping on the bed, being a clown.  Jimmy was watching him and tipped his face forward into the comforter because he was laughing so hard.  It caused a few drops of blood to spurt out from his mouth onto my comforter and scared me to death.  I thought he must have bumped the bone graft site really hard.  He assured me he just bumped it on my blanket and it didn't hurt that bad.  But seeing the blood had me about in tears and so worried.

I decided it was okay to just plant the boys in front of the TV and keep them preoccupied that way.  So they've watched a lot of movies the past few days.  It's been worth it- Jimmy hasn't bumped his mouth a single time since Monday, so I've realized the safest place for this full of energy five year old is probably in front of the TV.

Jimmy's little hip scar has healed well.  He says the scar itself is kind of hard and itchy, but I think that means it is healing.  I am sad he'll have yet another scar on his little body, but hopefully this bone graft will take and it will all be worth it.