Brooke's Broken Bone

"One of these things is not like the other!"

The day before New Year's Eve, we had a little snow.

Now when I say a "little" snow, this time I mean it. There may have been a couple inches of beautiful white stuff. I suppose when you have had virtually no snow, two inches seems like enough snow to jump off the side deck into a "snowdrift."

Fortunately for Ellie, that was true.

For Brooke, not so much.

This is what happened to Brooke when she decided that it was a great idea to jump off into the white (but not soft) ground below.

If you look very closely on the big bone, near the bottom, you can see a nice hairline fracture. This picture was taken after six weeks of wearing the lovely boot below. The fracture has healed from the ends, but the middle is still mending.

I know that she is smiling.

I am smiling taking the picture of her waiting to get the go-ahead to take this boot off, but let's just say that I would not recommend jumping off any deck, into any amount of fluffy stuff below.

Brooke is still healing, we now have a very expensive boot in our closet complete with gorgeous knee-highs, and some very nice copays to pay.