Cast Buddies
So, let me just say up front- This is not a joke. Although I seem to laugh when I talk about it because the timing of it all seems so unbelievable. Poor Hunter broke his arm on Saturday! He was riding his scooter down the hill and got going so fast that he missed his turn onto the grass, flew out into the street and crashed. This time Rob took him to urgent care and got the x-rays. He has a large break in the big bone, and a smaller fracture in the little bone. The doctor compared the break to what you would get if you took a green tree branch and bent it until it snapped. Hunter has been brave through it all, and took just one day off of school.
On Wednesday I took Sabrina to get a follow up x-ray and she still needs another two weeks in her cast. Our hurdle to overcome now is getting her to walk on it. She is very hesitant, although she made some good progress when my friend who is a physical therapist came to visit and pushed her a bit. Now that Tonya’s gone and it’s just Mom and Dad, Sabrina is trying to avoid walking.
On Thursday I took Hunter to get his cast on, and it will be four weeks until his follow up appointment, and six weeks until he’s allowed to do regular PE activities. That means he’s out of PE for the rest of the school year. He was pretty excited about that.
We had friends from Orange County visiting when this happened and the rest of the weekend was great fun. We were able to catch up with our friends, play, hike the canyons by our house picking up trash, watch an impromptu performance of Cinderella where the step-sisters ran wild, Cinderella sang, and a three-year-old prince chucked Cinderella’s slipper at her and ran away. It was super cute.
I was so sorry to hear about Hunter’s arm, and I am so glad all is on the mend.Wow, how crazy you have two casts at once!
What a month!! So sad to hear Hunter is now in a cast too. What are the chances?
Seriously?….what are the chances? I hope the next few weeks/months are a lot less eventful!!
Your poor kiddos! And the irony!
We’ve been experiencing similar things here too. Paige broke her humerus and ended up needing surgery as it was pretty bad. We spent two nights in Texas Children’s Hospital – SO Not fun. She got her cast off on Wednesday and they removed the three pins. Luckily she can’t see that part but she is obsessed with her huge incision site and picking at the few remaining threads from the stitches. She has some nerve problems now and they are hoping her nerves will wake up (they said it can take weeks to months and won’t do anything until it has been six months). Her hand is limp now and she can’t lift it or her fingers so she’ll be in a splint to hold up her fingers. Anyway, it’s all so scary to see your kids hurting so much. I know how you are feeling! Sending “get well thoughts” your way.
Poor Hunter! Do you have a stroller big enough for him?