Spring Break was this past week and for me there wasn't much of a break. I was glad to have the break from work but with two kids at home there's never much time for rest. So, when Josh's Memaw called and asked if she could have him for the weekend along with his cousin Matthew, we thought.. that would be nice..just one kid at home and a small break before things start getting crazy with baseball and back to work again. Plus, we knew he would have a great time at Memaw and Pepaw's.
Saturday, as I was leaving Walmart, Brent calls to say that Josh has had an "accident." What kind of accident? Hit his head? Bleeding? What?
Apparently he fell off a playground device, grandma and Josh don't know what it's called, but it's about 4 feet off the ground, and landed wrong on his arm. When I met them to pick him up, his arm was swollen, he couldn't move it, and it was starting to bruise, and he was in pain. So, I just took him straight to the ER, expecting to have to wait hours as usual. We surprisingly got in 10 minutes after we got there. They took X-rays and of course it's broken. So I'm thinking, okay, they set it, he gets a cast, we go home-but of course it's not that simple.
He broke his arm above his elbow.. pretty common injury for kids this age. However, he also displaced the growth plates and bones in his elbow and so they have to be moved back into place and, naturally, it can't be done here in our town at this hospital. So, plan B, they ambulance us to Texas Children's so we can go to a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon. Surgeon? Well, yes, they say, he has to have surgery to put the bones back in place. Oh wow... sooooo, a couple of hours later we get our ambulance ride to Texas Children's. We're admitted and we get a room. The surgery was supposed to happen that night but at about 11:00 p.m. they told us it wouldn't happen until Sunday morning. So, bright and early Sunday morning he was taken into surgery. Thankfully, everything went fine and he has 3 pins placed in his elbow and a cast on to hold everything in place until he heals. They finally released us from the hospital on Monday before noon. He's doing okay except for the pain. I guess the first few days are going to be pretty painful for him but hopefully it will lessen as we get further into this week. He has been such a brave boy and such a little trooper. Hardly any tears at all even though we told him it was okay if he wanted to cry. I know I'd be crying if it were me!
We have to go back next Monday to see the doctor and then in 3-4 weeks to have the cast taken off and the pins taken out. After that, the doctors don't want him doing anything for 2 months so he doesn't re-break or re-injure it.
He is very happy to be back home and the best part.. he doesn't go to school this week. The doctor wants him home this entire week. He thought that was great... until I told him that I was calling his teacher to have his school work sent home for him to work on so he doesn't get behind. Apparently, that's not too big of a deal for him since he gets to stay at home and do it. His grandma's will be down taking care of him while Brent and I are at work so they can also help him with it.
This also means baseball season is officially over for him this year. He was a little disappointed about that but thankfully not crushed. We told him we may still go to a couple of his games just to see his team play this year.
Thankfully, everything has turned out good so far and we are very lucky to have some wonderful friends here that helped us out tremendously with Jacob. Thanks to them, everything went so much better and we knew we didn't have to worry because Jacob was in great hands.
Below are pictures of Josh in the hospital at Texas Children's. He can't wait for everyone to sign his cast!
Josh getting his hair "washed"...no he's not naked.
Josh happy to be going home soon.
1 comment:
Oh my! How scary! I'm so glad he's 'ok' though....
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