Yesterday, February 3, 2013, Blake and Cora were outside playing in the snow. Blake came in about 15 minutes later crying. They had been playing on the swing set and he "decided to try the monkey bars because I just want to be a big boy". He fell from the monkey bars on his hand/thumb, and he said his head came came down and hit is thumb. He had a mark on his forehead, but he said his thumb hurt real bad. We settled him down, he watched cartoons with me for about twenty minutes, then he went down for a 2.5 hour nap! When he got up, he asked if he could play my Nook, and I told him Sure. He came back a bit later and asked me to help him unplug the Nook. He said he couldn't get it because it hurt his thumb. So, I took a look at his thumb and it was very swollen!
I sent him to the other room to show his dad. His dad took a look and decided that he needed to go to the emergency room. So, with it being just two hours from kickoff for the Superbowl, I told Tom I would take him up to the ER. Blake was pretty nervous at first, but once we got there, he relaxed quite a bit.
Just chillin'...waiting for the doctor and nurse.
"What's this thing mom?"
Checking to see how big his muscles are ;-)
Still cheery! Waiting for the doc again.
X-Ray time!
He did so good...sat still and listened to all the instructions.
They did an x-ray and the ER doctor confirmed that it was broken. They decided to put a splint on it to keep him from moving it and that he would need to follow up with a bone doctor ASAP. Again, Blake did great...until he saw the splint.
His first comment was "all my friends are going to laugh at me!" He was very upset. As a mom, it broke my heart. It saddens me that at only a few months into kindergarten, he worries about things like that. (But I still managed to snap a picture - I know, bad mom!). It was worth it, the picture is absolutely priceless. I was trying to convince him that his friends would think its cool. He says to me, "it looks like aliens did this to me!" I have no idea where he got that from? I said to him, "well you could tell your friends you fought off an alien, then they would think you are REALLY cool!" He looks at me straight in the eyes and says, "That would be lying, Mom. I don't lie to you, why would I lie to my friends?" He was dead serious. So, even though I thought I had failed the mom test by just being there in the first place, then taking a picture of his devastation....I knew at that point, as parents we are doing SOMETHING right!
The nurse gave him a sucker, and we were on our way home. We were home just a few minutes before kickoff!
He went to Dr. Domingo for a follow up appointment today, February 4th. The doctor confirmed that his thumb was broken and decided that it needed to be casted. Blake had never seen a cast before, so he didn't know WHAT to think! He was very nervous, but very brave. He did a great job and we were out of there shortly after. He is to come back in 3 weeks and they will likely be able to remove the cast at that time. In the meantime, no sports or gym class for him. This is unfortunate since he just joined the wrestling team at school and was only 3 practices into the season (ok...mom's not overly heartbroken that he can't wrestle...that sport is just too rough!!).
He still was not sure what to think, but he was pretty sure he did not like this thing....
On the way back to school, he talked to his dad on the phone and he cried and cried. He did not want to go to school and have his friends see this hideous cast! Nothing I could say would make it better. When I finally had him almost settled down, he started crying even harder, saying "but how am I going to pray? I can't even fold my hands?" This boy melts my heart! I got him off to school, and he came home with lots of autographs on his cast and a smile on his face! Needless to say, he was back to his old self tonight!
1 comment:
Aww Shannon, what a great kid you are raising! I wish i could sign his cast!
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