Those are the last photos of that beautiful long hair. After almost two years of no haircuts, the little one finally got one. He was bribed with a bubble mower (oh he loves it) and talked about the cut for a few days before we took him on Friday. Honestly, I was a little sad about it. I kept finding myself staring at him through Friday evening. I’m warming up to it, though. He’s still pretty darn cute. It will grow back.
Here’s what he looks like now:
Saturday was a busy day and it ended with us grilling for dinner. Except not. That wasn’t really the end. See, as I was preparing to serve and my husband was bringing in food, my other son spent a few minutes trying to do some tricks on a soccer ball. ON. THE. BALL. He tried to balance on it and fell. We thought it was sprained, so he got a cold rice pack to hold on it while he ate dinner. He looked pretty pale, so I knew it was really hurting. I gave him some acetaminophen and he said he wanted to go to bed around 8:15.
Fast forward two hours and he yells for us to help him out of bed. His arm hurts so bad he can’t roll out to go to the bathroom. We notice it’s a bit swollen and he can’t extend his arm. Most of the pain is in the elbow, so we make the decision to take him to the ER. A few hours later, we get the official diagnosis of a fractured humerus. Sigh. He’s got his arm in a splint and we have orders to visit an orthopedist this week. It’s a small fracture, but he still might end up in a cast. The worst part is it’s his left arm and he’s a lefty, soooo….time to practice handwriting again. He’s pretty ambidextrous when it comes to sports (throwing lefty, hitting right, etc), so I’m hoping he can pick up at least legible penmanship with his non-dominant hand.
Does anyone have a kid that’s fractured their humerus? Apparently, it’s one of the more common arm fractures for children. They tend to land on their elbows for falls during sports and whatnot. Any advice?? Thanks in advance!
When he saw the splint– “Oh boy, I’m glad I didn’t hurt my Angry Birds arm…”
When I was five, I fell off the ladder of my friend’s above-ground pool and broke my humerus. Apparently, my arm was bent in such an unnatural way that my mom had trouble not throwing up on the drive to the ER. The docs at the small-town hospital did not set the break right, so a couple weeks later I had to go into surgery and have it re-set with pins. My memories are very vague, but I do remember being scared when they put the anesthetic mask over my face and then waking up in recovery asking for my mom. I had to stay in the hospital for one night and I got an awesome tea set and a clip board with my name on it (I still use that clip board!)
I hope your son has an easier course with his fracture!
oh goodness!! I would have definitely thrown up if it had broken. Motherhood has made my stomach weak when it comes to injuries/surgery/whatever. I can handle cleaning up puke, but bones out of place? Ah!
Thanks for sharing! His fracture is small, so he won’t need any surgery. Just a cast for a few weeks.
oh geeze. I can’t believe I haven’t had to deal with a broken bone yet. Maybe my helicopter style mothering is working..
ha! I hover a lot, but not as much when he’s at home in the backyard. And we went to two different parks that day! And he spent 3 hours selling coupons for the scouts! It’s so silly.
Oh all that beautiful baby hair gone….I hope you kept some? I still have plaits from both my boys long hair :-) Nasty fall and night at ER but kids bounce back pretty quickly, good to see the Angry Birds arm in one piece too :-)