We basically started school last week with the rest of the neighborhood. We had been trying to sneak some in here and there over the summer, but every day at 10:00 am there would be a knock at the door revealing at least two friends wanting to play. The kids would then spend all day playing - hopping from house to house in the neighborhood and having a great time. Summer sure is fun for them around here! I was really excited to get started though and was counting down until Tuesday Sept 8th when we would have quiet from 9-3 and we could work on all the stuff I had planned!
We got in two days of school, and then inexplicably Wednesday night Avery fell a little funny off his scooter right outside our house. He freaked out ...... but he always freaks out when he hurts himself so it was hard to tell if anything was really wrong. I brought him into the house to calm him down and get him an ice pack when I began to notice his arm looked a little funny. Concave where it usually is not and slightly bulging in another area. I had him stand up and lift both his sleeves to compare both arms front and back and realized we needed to head into the ER.
A couple pictures of the X-rays:
After we had the x-ray done and we realized it was broken, they called in an orthopedic surgeon to set his arm and to stick a cast on it. Thankfully, they put him to sleep while they did this. Avery was very frightened about the entire thing - and very brave. He is a kid who doesn't like the unknowns - so he was worried about being put to sleep, worried about getting x-rays, worried about getting a cast and just basically worried. Of course all of that is just amplified by sitting in a room with nothing to do but worry for four hours.
When it was all done though? Avery said "it's all done? That wasn't bad at all."
Here he is at Connor's soccer game last Saturday showing off the cast:
He was the neighborhood celebrity for the first few days.
Other kids were overheard by their parents saying things like "I wish I broke my arm."
Avery's comment to me about school?
"Well Mom, I guess I can't do school for the next 4 weeks."
Nice.
Will Avery at least earn a Warrior Scout badge for his bravery???
Posted by: Teresa | September 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Avery, you're a rock star :)
Posted by: kimberly | September 16, 2009 at 12:05 PM
He should get some sort of badge for his bravery! I kept trying in the hospital to make him feel better and to calm him and after awhile he just said "Mom can you stop talking?" It was too funny :)
Posted by: Jill | September 16, 2009 at 02:28 PM
Thank you for the update. The x-rays are actually pretty darn cool.
Posted by: Paula | September 16, 2009 at 09:48 PM
Give Avery hugs from us all!
Posted by: Aunt Mary | October 08, 2009 at 08:35 AM