We decided to invite some people over for dinner on the weekend. Originally, we decided to put the kids to bed early and then have a nice adult supper and barbecue later in the evening. But then Eli and Harrison were coming, so we decided to have the kids play. No good deed or intention goes unpunished.
The boys were in the living room jumping on the furniture when Everett cried out in pain, unlike any usual cry, a high pitched and inconsolable cry. I picked him up and at first couldn’t figure out where he was hurt, then took him upstairs and gave him a quick bath and got him ready for bed. Because he was still crying in the bath, I could tell he was hurt worse than usual. What did settle him down was Paw Patrol, so he watched that for an hour or two before everyone went home.
The next morning, he was was still having an “owie arm.” He was comfortable in a semi-flexed position and held on to the arm favoring it. We expected a sprain to get better but because it wasn’t, we took him to the clinic in the morning. We got an x-ray which showed a supracondylar fracture and a distal ulnar buckle fracture. I reviewed the x-ray with Jason (Harrison’s dad it turns out) and not being a radiologist, the pathology was not obvious.
Anyhow, in the emergency department, we saw the orthopod and ended up getting a nice cast, blue in color as requested, because that was Chase’s color.
Everett was generally content while watching Paw Patrol for the whole day, and getting a Booster Juice when we went home.
Here’s Everett’s account of what happened:
By the next day, Everett was pain free as the cast immobilized the joint, and he was back to usual, playing and not letting the injury and cast get in his way. It is as if it hasn’t really affected him and he just goes on day to day. He’s really good about not getting his hand wet, and he knows that we’re going to take it off when it’s Harrison’s birthday, which happens to be almost exactly three weeks from when he got his cast. This is the first time I’ve experienced or witnessed the resilience and adaptability of children.
