I tried to post this once and Levi deleted it. Well, he's off hunting today, so here's my opportunity!

Since the first of the year Levi has grown 4 3/4" to 5'9". We missed a few inches right before the end of the year and when we realized how fast he was growing we started 'writing on the wall' on Jan 1st. During this time he started walking around the house first thing in the morning and late at night like an old man walking on egg shells. I finally made an appointment to get his feet checked out. The Dr. said that sometimes a growth spurt can bring this on and that he needed to have the pegs taken out of his ankles. So...on Oct. 1st we went in for his 5th and FINAL foot surgery. AND, I mean FINAL.

It was suppose to be an easy 5 minute per foot job. Well, in this family, we don't do what the 'norm' is when it comes to surgery! It took the Dr. over 30 min. per foot. They were really in there and had some scar tissue, etc. around them.

That led to a longer recovery time and more tenderness than he was suppose to have. But, as I said, he's off hunting today. He is doing much better, but the last report from The Rim was that his feet hurt. Surprised? I actually can't believe he's out there, but his dad was SO excited, he couldn't let him down. :)

He got his cow elk about 3ish hours into this, the 1st morning. I'm sure he'll be glad he doesn't have to go out again.

More on the hunt later...

Here's the lovely pre-surgery picture he deleted...(so cute!)