April 22, 2010

April 26, 2010

His cool Blue Cast!!

At about 7 pm Thursday night....

I was leaning over the counter helping Bryson with his homework

with Kellen sitting on the counter watching Bryson

when some how he slipped off the counter going head first...

it was in total slow motion.

He went to catch himself with his left arm.

He immediatly grabbed it yelling," my arm, my arm"

When I convinced him to let go and show me I was shocked...

it was goose necked. Kellen says, "Mooomm...what is wrong with my arm?"

I was freaking out trying not to freak out...Tyler was out in his

garage so I yelled at Bryson to "Go get Dad".

I called 911 it rang twice...I hung up; then dialed the doctors office

They said to bring him in they will be waiting...911 calls me back.

I told them "my son broke his arm; I am taking him into the doctors office" and hung up.

(Kellen is still lying on the concrete floor poor kid, I didn't know what to do with him)

Tyler comes in, I run the other kids to my mom's.

I come back in to Tyler putting on Kellen's socks

and wrapping him in a blanket very carefully and calmly.

The whole way to the doctors office Kellen keeps crying and asking,

"am I going to have to get surgery?"

"I need to bend my arm; I need to but I can't"

~Talk about breaking your heart~

He broke both bones; they weren't seperated just bent really good.

After some convincing...Doctor Nichols gave Kellen a few shots to numb his arm

then him and Tyler straightened his arm back.

He wore a soft cast for 3 days until the swelling went down then

Monday April 26th he got his full arm hard cast!!

He wears that one for 3 weeks then gets a half cast for 3 more weeks.

He was so brave!! The interesting thing is he had just watched the Joseph Smith

video-when he was young and had his leg cut on- the night before.

Having a cast on your arm sure puts a damper on

playing T-ball; swimming; riding bikes; dirt bikes;

bathing; getting dressed; using the bathroom...

many other things I get reminded of on a daily basis.

BUT he is doing really good and is such a sweet boy!!

We constantly remind him only 6 weeks and you will be back to normal!!!