Michael breaks his arm....
2 commentsWell, we've had our first (and hopefully our last!) broken bone in our family! Alison and I went on a mommy/daughter day this last Saturday. We had lunch at Denny's (Alison loves) and then went to Sonic for a slush. We had to make a trip to Target for michael...he was really wanting his rollerblades that he got for his birthday exchanged because the wheels were already falling apart on them in only a months time. So we ran to trade those in for a new pair and ran them back home to him before we headed to WalMart to get Alison a "fish" I had promised her. I forgot my phone in the truck...well, when I got back out to the truck I saw that Jeff had tried to call me 22 times! I called him back to find out that he was at the emergency room with Michael because Michael had landed wrong when he was roller blading and broken him arm! We headed to the hospital where I found my son in great pain and very groggy from morphine. If you know my son, Michael, it takes a LOT of pain to phase him. He can get scrapes and bruises that would make any kid cry and it doesn't even phase him. He amazes even other kids with his "cat like" ability to jump from very high places and he has an amazing ability to save himself from falls. Alison was astonished that *Michael* had broken his arm...she said that just didn't sound right! LOL The hospital put a temporary splint on his arm and said he needed to be put under anesthesia so he was going to be checked into a room and go under the next morning. He went into surgery the next morning where they put two pins that will be removed after 3 weeks. He had some pretty bad pain for about 2 days after he got home from the hospital. He went back to the doctor this past Thursday and they put his glow in the dark cast on. Poor Michael is such an active kids with his hands so this is about to drive him nuts not having use of both of his hands. He has lost feelingin two of his fingers and the doctor seems to think it is from a bruised nerve and it will come back. The doctor almost said the bone almost came out of his arm...boy, i'm glad it didn't! I don't know how i would have handled the site of that!! Over the past couple of days, he's started having shooting pains in his hand sometimes...not sure what that means. He goes back to the doctor on Oct 16 to get this cast taken off, the pins will be removed, and he will get a 1/2 cast, which will be below his elbow. He is really looking forward to that because he will have free motion of his arm again!
So anyhow...that's what's going on with us right now....and my computer is STILL out of commission so my joyousness of having it back was short lived! :(
9:14 AM
What a bummer for your son! Two years ago my son broke his arm too. He was 14, riding his bike towards a jump and the chain came off before the jump. He went flying over the handlebars and broke the left arm. He is left-handed also. His bone did come through the skin(that's when we called 911) and he had 3 pins put in about 4 days after the accident.
Of course, we'd been at the river all day, had company in town and had just got done with the bbq when it happened. It was awful to say the least. He never had a cast though. We had to unwrap it every day to clean it and scratch it for him.
He did learn how to write right-handed too when school started. He had his arm in a sling for about 3 months. I hope it is quicker with your son. It's miserable for them and us parents. Tell him to hang in there and let it heal.
Oh the memories!
2:32 PM
Oh, that gotta be rough....for your son AND YOU! Hope it gets better soon!