WARNING: Not for the weak stomached

This morning before work, as Austin was trying to corral underwear clad Taggart to the bathroom per his request, he smacked his foot on the back of Mr. T's foot. After the loud crack of their feet colliding, they both fell to the ground and held their feet in pain and groaned. Taggart cried. When the dust settled we saw that Austin's little toe was bent out almost 45 degrees in the wrong direction. It was white.
I was on my way to the children's ER this morning anyway to get Taggart's stitches removed but now we had to take Austin to the adult ER. We dropped him off first. It turns out that the crack we heard was Austin's joint dislocating and the bone breaking. The ER doctor said that he might need a pin put in. The doctor indicated it's not common for grown men to break their toes on their 2 year old son's heel. Hmm. We need to follow up with an orthopedic surgeon to find out for sure.



No, the discoloration of his big toe had nothing to do with this accident. We call that his "souvenir" from his two years in Brazil. I think we're going to start calling this his pretty foot.