I don't think I have ever officially mentioned Austin's leg, so here I go...Around Christmas time Austin started mildly complaining that his leg hurt just below the knee. It would hurt and then get better so we just assumed that it was tendinitis and suggested he try taking IBU regularly and if that didn't work that we would take him to the doctor to get it looked at. He didn't think it hurt enough to take IBU so he never did making me believe it must not be that bad. He occasionally mentioned it but for the most part acted like it was fine. Sometime in the middle of January Austin was having some pretty severe pain after his knee buckled getting out of his dad's jeep. After taking him to the doctor and getting x-rays it was determined that he had a broken tibia. And after seeing an orthopedic surgeon a few days later it was determined that he had Osgood-Schlatter's disease. This is a very common condition found in mostly boys between the age of 9-16. His tibia broke as a result of this and thus began the healing process (and the end of his basketball season). He was sent home with a leg brace and told to be seen back in 2 weeks, at that apt. he was told to wear it another 4 weeks and then just recently on March 2nd, another 6 weeks. We go back on April 13th and probably by then he will be able to go without it. Until then he is really going to have to be careful and keep his brace on. Easier said then done for an active 12 year old! Heaven help us!
I don't think I have ever officially mentioned Austin's leg, so here I go...Around Christmas time Austin started mildly complaining that his leg hurt just below the knee. It would hurt and then get better so we just assumed that it was tendinitis and suggested he try taking IBU regularly and if that didn't work that we would take him to the doctor to get it looked at. He didn't think it hurt enough to take IBU so he never did making me believe it must not be that bad. He occasionally mentioned it but for the most part acted like it was fine. Sometime in the middle of January Austin was having some pretty severe pain after his knee buckled getting out of his dad's jeep. After taking him to the doctor and getting x-rays it was determined that he had a broken tibia. And after seeing an orthopedic surgeon a few days later it was determined that he had Osgood-Schlatter's disease. This is a very common condition found in mostly boys between the age of 9-16. His tibia broke as a result of this and thus began the healing process (and the end of his basketball season). He was sent home with a leg brace and told to be seen back in 2 weeks, at that apt. he was told to wear it another 4 weeks and then just recently on March 2nd, another 6 weeks. We go back on April 13th and probably by then he will be able to go without it. Until then he is really going to have to be careful and keep his brace on. Easier said then done for an active 12 year old! Heaven help us!
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