{1.27.11}
It seems like on a daily basis we are reminding Alec he needs to be careful so he doesn't get hurt. He climbs up things, does flips off of things, etc. We call him our Super Hero Monkey! We have knocked on wood many times when he has done tricks and fallen that we have not had any broken bones or stitches.
Well it happened, but not like we thought it would! One day after Parent Teacher Conference Alec had to run back into the school to grab something so Marcus and I were waiting in the car for him. I see him running towards us and then I hear a thud. Alec then stands up holding his elbow crying! I at first thought he hit that dang funny bone, so I just watched him for a few hours. As he just sat there not wanting to move his arm and didn't want to play with friends I realized there might be a little more to it. I had to substitute teach the next morning so I figured my best time to have it checked was that night. We loaded up to go out to the ER, he was nervous, he wasn't sure what was going to happen! After some x-ray's the on call Dr. believed it was just bruised, but wanted us to see an Orthopedic Doctor the following week because they wanted them to check the growth plate. They put it in a splint and sent us on our way!
At first I think he was a little excited to show his friends, but that quickly changed to how NOT fun it was to have his arm wrapped up! I should say we were lucky that it was his right arm since he is left handed. The next five days seemed to get long and old. He was not impressed at all and wanted to be done with it.
{2.1.2011}
The morning of his appointment we were hopeful that we would be done with it and it was just bruised and would be sore for a few days. Well we realized we were quite wrong! He had fractured his growth plate!!! The Doctor seems to think it will heal nicely, so we are hoping for the best. He picked out a bright orange and even had some sparkles added to it. It is very bright and big!
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