Another Broken Arm!!!

Yes, it is true. It is poor little Nathan's turn this time. He actually broke the arm in Utah while we were on our short lived vacation. He had been playing hard and having a great day. Everyone else was in the tub and it was his turn. As he was jumping off the trampoline his long legs got twisted with each other and down he went. It was like it was happening in slow motion, I could see it happening but nothing I could do about it.

I knew it was broken when he landed. So off we went to the emergency room. It was interesting how it all worked out though. We had no wait time in the waiting room, and there was an ortho doctor that just happened to be there consulting about a different patient. He looked at the x-rays and said that the arm was broken and it had to be set. The ER doc did not want to have to set it, and the ortho doc on call was in surgery. It could have been hours for us to wait. Luckily, the other doc said he would set it for us. He was also a little concerned that Nathan was not complaining of pain in the elbow because he thought there might be something. However, decided not to pursue it at this point.

If you have never had to watch a child have an arm set you are very lucky. It is horrible for the parents. They put Nathan out and you can hear the crack as they reset it. Your baby will scream out in sheer pain and agony, but they promise they will never remember any of it. However, I promise you, as a mother you will never forget it!!!! This was my second time to experience this. (Hunter was my first.) I must say...... I am always so impressed with the pain tolerance of my kids. The doctors also cannot believe that their bones are broken because they are so calm and good.

Anyway, we had to see a different ortho and get a cast put on before heading back to AZ since they did not want it to get bumped and moved out of place. By this point, he had started complaining of elbow pain. So I insisted on more x-rays and a full cast. I was not impressed with the doctor we saw on Friday because he did not seem very interested in us. (I think because he knew we were leaving.) He did agree to cast it all the way up but did not really examine the x-rays. He did call me back later in the day and tell me that there was a hairline fracture in the elbow as well.

Well we finally saw our ortho last week and he did more x-rays. Sure enough it was a good thing that I insisted on the full length cast. Nathan broke three bones, both in the arm and boy, did he do a number on the elbow. Not a hairline fracture, it was worse. The good news is that they really would not have treated it any differently. Which is great news and means that we are not behind in the healing. He will be in the cast for three more weeks and then they will relook at it. It will be a long summer for him. Thank heavens for water proof casts!!! Have a great night my friends!!