Broken Wrist

Poor little guy.  Less than 2 full weeks from the end of school and he breaks his wrist.  He's pretty devastated -- inside and out.

While getting off the bus yesterday he made his usual run to momma.  It's happened almost every day.  I wait by the car and he runs to me along the side of our little road.  Yesterday he simply tripped, caught his toe and went face first onto the pavement.  Caught his arm under him.  Screamed bloody murder.  I gently set him up and checked him out.  Knees a little scraped.  Cut on his finger.  Abrasion at his wrist.

When we got home we got the boo boo ice packs and let him rest his wrist on that.  He'd calm down but any little movement would send him sobbing again.  Sister found some Star Wars band-aids for the scrapes.  I could tell pretty quickly there was more than just a bump.  I called the Pediatrician and they said if I got him there before 5:00 they could get the X-rays done there without having to head to the ER.  So we hopped into the car and quickly drove the 40 minutes to the Dr.  Jeff was so exhausted he fell asleep after about 5 minutes in the car.

When we got the Dr. daddy was there to carry him in.  He'd calmed down quite a bit and was able to move around for the doctor.  We rushed over to get the X-rays done and he was such a trooper.  So quiet and calm as the tech had him move his hand/wrist into several different positions.  We finished with the X-rays and went back to the Dr's office.

Jeff was pretty convinced he was OK. Then the doctor came in and said "looks like there's a fracture".  His face just melted.  All the tears came back.  He got so scared.  So afraid he was going to have to miss all the fun at the end of the year.  We talked about getting a cast and maybe even one that is waterproof.  He held very still as the doctor put a hard splint around his wrist.  Clearly he was hurting, but wouldn't show it.  Such a big boy.

Daddy drove him home from the doctor while mommy and Erin stopped to pick up some more Tylenol and some ice cream for dessert.  So far we've discovered that it's still possible to play the Wii (Mario Party at least) but we need some help getting dressed and undressed.  He's at school today, has an orthopedics appointment tomorrow to talk about a cast and get it looked at.  Hopefully, by the time all the fun events happen next week he'll be in a cast and able to participate in some of it.

It took 8 years, but the Wallace South clan has their first big boo-boo. At least we avoided the ER.  Love you so much buddy.