On Sunday, after church, Lincoln was running around while us adults socialized. It's hard to keep kids from running when they've been sitting for an hour and a half in church!! Well, Lincoln ran into somebody that was a wee bit bigger than him, and so got the brunt of it - a fractured elbow!
He didn't cry much, but he has a very high tolerance of pain. He became as white as a ghost (even whiter than he usually is!) and started to shake. We took him home to check out his arm, and well, let's say it didn't take us long to figure out what we had to do - off to the hospital!
Not sure if you can tell in the picture (I can tell because I know where to look), but his elbow swelled up pretty quickly and the inside of his arm was cut and swollen as well. The back of his elbow started to turn purple too.
He is *such* a tough cookie......giving a ready smile and charming the x-ray techs and others that dealt with him
The x-rays revealed, well not a whole lot due to the amount of swelling and fluid. The doctor though said that due to the symptoms and how the elbow looks, it is fractured. We are to go back in a week to the Fracture Clinic (do they have one at Sick Kids?! 'Cause that's where we'll be with Keziah for a few days for her surgery!) so they can take more x-rays once the swelling goes down, and then be able to get a better look as to how fractured it is and where exactly is the fracture, as the elbow has a few bones.
A popsicle fixes all owies :o)
For now, he is in a plaster splint and a sling. He can't be in a full cast because the swelling is too bad. Next week it'll come off for more x-rays and then a full cast for 6-8 weeks. Oh joy, oh bliss. I can't believe I am saying this, but boy am I thankful summer won't be here for awhile!!
Our little trooper!! He keeps telling me that it is starting to feel better so "can you take it off, mom?" Poor boy has no idea how long 6-8 weeks is......good thing kids are quite adaptable!
PS. So thankful for my mom, as well as others who offered, for stepping in right away to look after our other blessing. She'll have her turn in the hospital next week.......we should just move in there next week!!
Oh dear! So sad for Lincoln, but he does indeed look like an incredible trooper! What a brave boy . . . .and I totally get the "glad summer is not right around the corner" feeling. Kade broke his a couple weeks before the cottage one year and it was pretty tough keeping that cast clean and dry! He will like it better when the sling at least can come off . . that will bring a bit more freedom. Praying for a speedy recovery for your little man!
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