On Saturday we were at the park by our house with a bunch of moms and kids from our ward. Cameron came over to me in tears and told me that he had gotten hurt when he slipped off the monkey bars. I looked at where he said it hurt the worse, and in my mind kept telling myself it wasn't broken. So after seeing that he could bend his arm and move his fingers (although in pain and his hand was a little limp) I told him he would be ok and to stop crying. {Yes I know Mother of the Year material right there.} I walked away to check on something. My neighbor called me back over and as we were looking at his arm it had started swelling. So I packed everything up and walked him home. At that point I tried calling Brent during Priesthood session of conference but he didn't answer.
Finally at about 9 pm we decided that it would be best to take him into the ER. (Another Saturday visit for us.) They got it xrayed and it was broken right above the elbow on the growth plate. So Brent and Cameron were there for 6 HOURS!! Apparently it was a very busy night and a constant line of people. They put a splint on it and then told us to make an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon to get it casted.
Since I knew a good one we went back to the doctor that did his other cast.
This is a picture of the splint. It was so HUGE. I think that is the only size that ER knows how to do. When Brent went there for his hand the splint they put on was gigantic.
Can you tell which one is from today and which one was from two years ago? (And yes he is still that skinny, just taller.) Same kind of break and same kind of cast.
Guess we can put this jersey away for now. He won't be finishing out the last half of the season for flag football. :(
3 comments:
All your posts are about injuries. You guys need to come up with a different hobby! I'm sure there's plenty out there that are cheaper and less painful!!!! =) Hope you're all doing well!!!!!
Poor Cameron. Hopefully it heals quickly. I think he needs to stop following in the Reed family footsteps of injury.
Tami, you should probably just cover your kids in bubble wrap every day before they leave the house.
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