Broken 1
On December 27th 2013, my 6 year old, Keenan River Nord headed down Blacktail Ski Mountain with confidence. Keenan has skied the last 3 years prior, but as a side note, we only get out twice a winter. December 27th would be his first run of the winter. We were all so excited to be out together as family, feeling the cool wind in our faces and the rush of the downhill adventure. Half way down the first run, Keenan hit some turbulence. He was in complete control however. Keenan was nicely executing the snow plow when he suddenly went over the front of his skis, the skis crossed/tangled behind him, the bindings didn’t release and he ended up with a broken leg. Tibia Fracture. Broken. Of course there is so much more to the story, all the agonizing details. The sled ride to the chair lift, given by Ski Patrol. The ambulance drive to Kalispell ER. The hours of waiting, distracting, pacing, sitting, worrying, consoling, fretting. Not to mention siblings; worrying, crying, helping, bumping (accidentally the bed where Keenan lay).
So. I love the idea of a 365 project. I started one in 2011, never finished. I love the idea of a month of photo challenges, tried, but bagged after a couple of days. Now more than ever, wanting to and needing to..stay close to home, I am going to, I will, document each day Keenan has his cast on. Hmmm? Interesting, maybe. But a challenge, yes. A project, yes. Visually appealing…we will see.
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- sleeping on the couch. multiple blankets, under the leg, covering the couch from mishaps. a sheet strategy put into place so that Keenan didn’t wake up too hot. the cast leg is very touchy. it can get itchy and sweaty. night-time on-call service for pain meds and ice packs.
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- Sharing time with a workbook.
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- Little toes in the cast peeking out from the sheet. Sleeping on the couch. The living room is a complete disaster.
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- Keenan made it downstairs for some Lego time.
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- Playing with his little sister the best he can. She is somewhat taunting him. Kicking her legs at him, she is just out of reach.
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- New Year’s Eve, hanging out with siblings and cookies.
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- Frozen in his wheelchair, to see Frozen!
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- Van rides are strategy, organization. lift, carry, bend over backwards if I didn’t get the door open before transporting the 50 pound cargo. once in, one must gently lower boy to seat while positioning broken leg on the cooler.
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- Valentine Session
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- Uno, in his new wheelchair. I love Uno with the family, we started to play all together last year. Now, even the youngest can match and color code–this open’s up new possibilites!
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- First bath in the cast.
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- Confession, I didn’t attempt to bathe Keenan for a long tiime. really. I didn’t think it was even worth sponge bathing him. His hair was getting crusty. Matt said he really needed a bath. Okay, we got it done.
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- Boy on the steps, saddened that his attempt to stand didn’t turn out so well.
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- Sad boy. He tried to stand, and take a step, but his leg isn’t ready. This is very frustrating to him.
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- More and more drawings. One must be creative when in a cast.
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- standing on my own two feet, well sort of.
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- having High Tea
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- family jam session
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- games with little sis.
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- Plastic bag and heart kitchen towel cast protection.
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- cried at seeing his leg.
Reblogged this on First Embrace Photography and commented:
Couple more images added to the Broken project.
Ahhhh – it’s hard to know what to say. Let’s hope this is the worst and last broken bone experience he has to go through in his life. Mom