Poor Guy...

but he's still smiling. 

  Unfortunately, this guy had a fall Friday evening. We were pretty sure he broke his arm. We tried to take him to the clinic Friday in the middle of the storm but they were closing. So we got him a splint and he's been resting. Today two of our neighbors used their snowblowers to clear the road so that we could take him to the ER. He does in fact have a buckle fracture of the radius.

 

 

Well...

...even though he told the doctor that he's a "brick wall" (when he plays basketball)...that didn't prevent him from tripping and falling on his elbow.

This boy never complains of pain so when he came to me this morning and said,

"Mom, that ice pack didn't help at all!" 

I knew I needed to make an orthopedic appointment a necessity.  The only problem was that his older brother had an appointment to have his braces put on in the morning and his youngest brother had an appointment to get his stitches out in the afternoon (yes, he and the dog were playing chase and he tried to use the window to stop himself...it didn't work too well).  

I figured I'd try to see the hand specialist in the middle of the two scheduled appointments.  When the hand specialist wanted to send Josh for an x-ray I said...

"The only problem is that his brother has an appointment in 45 min to get his stitches out."  

He replied..."Oh, I can do that for you."

Thank you kind ortho doctor...I'm sure we'll keep you in business for a while.