JerseyJanice
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We never seem to have a dull moment around here, that's for sure.
Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., I got the "call" from the school nurse telling me to come quickly since he hurt his arm badly, and "not to scare you, but I think it's broken."
Got there a nervous wreck 5 minutes later to find his arm obviously badly broken.
Not an easy thing for a mama to see.
They called an ambulance since the arm needed to be kept stable. Even though the closest hospital is 5 minutes from the school, it would have been a nightmare if I were driving him there, and he got upset.
He broke both bones in his right forearm (ulna and radius). The good news is that the breaks are in the center of the bones--nowhere near his growth plates or joints.
He needed to undergo general anesthesia to have the cast set. They treated it like a surgery in case he needed pins to set the bones (he did not). Since he had eaten that morning, we had to wait until 6:00 p.m. to go to the OR.
Following that, he needed to eat and hold something down before they would let us go home. He did not want to wake up after surgery though so we didn't wind up getting back home until 12:20 a.m.
The fractures happened when he fell during a kickball game in gym. He'd kicked the ball and was rounding third base for a 4 run homer. (Grand slam!) I guess he was excited and wanting to run too fast--he tripped over his feet and his arm broke the fall.
His cast is expected to be on for 5 to 6 weeks. Good news is that he'll have no more written homework. Bad news is that his baseball and soccer seasons are over for this spring.
It's all I can do since it happened to keep him still. This is one very active and atletic little boy (7 years old). No bike or scooter riding (and yes, I have caught him trying to do both already). No basketball (yeah, Mom, I can dribble with my left hand, you know). No baseball or wrestling. And I want to ban Manhunt, but doubt I'll have any success in stopping him from doing that.
Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., I got the "call" from the school nurse telling me to come quickly since he hurt his arm badly, and "not to scare you, but I think it's broken."
Got there a nervous wreck 5 minutes later to find his arm obviously badly broken.
Not an easy thing for a mama to see.They called an ambulance since the arm needed to be kept stable. Even though the closest hospital is 5 minutes from the school, it would have been a nightmare if I were driving him there, and he got upset.
He broke both bones in his right forearm (ulna and radius). The good news is that the breaks are in the center of the bones--nowhere near his growth plates or joints.
He needed to undergo general anesthesia to have the cast set. They treated it like a surgery in case he needed pins to set the bones (he did not). Since he had eaten that morning, we had to wait until 6:00 p.m. to go to the OR.
Following that, he needed to eat and hold something down before they would let us go home. He did not want to wake up after surgery though so we didn't wind up getting back home until 12:20 a.m.
The fractures happened when he fell during a kickball game in gym. He'd kicked the ball and was rounding third base for a 4 run homer. (Grand slam!) I guess he was excited and wanting to run too fast--he tripped over his feet and his arm broke the fall.
His cast is expected to be on for 5 to 6 weeks. Good news is that he'll have no more written homework. Bad news is that his baseball and soccer seasons are over for this spring.
It's all I can do since it happened to keep him still. This is one very active and atletic little boy (7 years old). No bike or scooter riding (and yes, I have caught him trying to do both already). No basketball (yeah, Mom, I can dribble with my left hand, you know). No baseball or wrestling. And I want to ban Manhunt, but doubt I'll have any success in stopping him from doing that.
for your son!
Ended up with surgery to repair it a week later as well as stitches and a sling (they couildn't put a cast on it) for six weeks. 
