So, for those of you who didn't know, my younger brother recently fracured his femur while on a biking trip for boy scouts. He had this huge neon green cast, almost as green as my soccer uniform, that went almost all the way up his leg. He was reall discouraged because he is a kid who is always active, running around and playing outdoors as I play videogames inside. When the leg was broken, all of that changed. he couldn't play outside, and I had to be constantly helping him go up and down stairs and navigating the house. My mom also developed tennis elbow at the same time, so I was the only one who could lift his wheelchair in and out of the car. But today, he went to get a bone exam, everything checked out, and they sawed the cast of his leg. My mom then proceded to put the two halves on the Christmas tree, saying that it looked like the Grinch. I decided to post a picture of it here, to keep adding to my creepy pictures streak. The one thing I'll miss about the cast is getting to leave french class 10 minutes early to drive Jojo (Yes that's what we call him) to the office to get driven home. I also got to ride to school every morning instead of taking the morning bus, which is always full of lunatics. (Not as bad as the afternoon bus though) Overall, we're all gratefull that gis leg is fully healed, because he was lucky enough to fracture it near a growth plate, and if he had fallen over or somehow made it worse while he had the cast on, he could have needed surgery to allow his leg to continue growing. Can you imagine growing up knowing that your leg will always be the size it was in 6th grade? Man, I'm glad I'm not in his shoes. It's all fine now though! He can still have a merry castless
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Maura
12/11/2012 11:58:41 am
Your tree looks lovely with legs
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Nick
12/15/2012 01:08:50 am
Hmmmmm... Maybe my tree should try...
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Alyssa
12/16/2012 10:53:12 am
Yep, the tree does look lovely with legs
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Jackie
12/13/2012 11:20:49 am
my mom has tennis elbow too!!! is your brother the kid that always comes by when we are walking in at lunch? I accidentially walked/ran in to him coming in...tell him I am sorry. And your tree idea is so cool!@ it def trupms my tree..
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Conor
12/17/2012 08:38:53 am
Now you dont get to leave French early
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Nick
12/17/2012 08:53:48 pm
NOT THE LAST 10 MINUTES!
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Chris
12/18/2012 10:52:54 am
Nope, his leg is still really stiff and he'll be in physical therapy for a while longer, meaning I don't have to experience those painful 10 minutes.
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DLP
2/5/2013 12:57:58 am
I like the tree! A tree with legs is rather clever!
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