The Saga Continues.....

So, it's been awhile, eh?

Let me bring you up to speed with the Linc Meister.

After spending Tuesday and Wednesday of last week at Sick Kids with Keziah for her 7th surgery (here if interested....), we were discharged in time to bring Lincoln to McMaster hospital on Thursday to the Fracture Clinic.

Is it not pathetic that my children are claiming hospitals?! "I go to my hostible, mom? Not Keziah's hostible?". In fact, just this morning I overheard them comparing their hospitals....what computer games etc.

Off we went to see what was up with his arm. The last time he had x-rays was when the incident had happened, and it was just too swollen to see things.

He was pretty good with going to the hospital, thinking he was going to see Dr. Zuker, Keziah's surgeon :o)

Thinking we might be there for awhile, we came prepared!

Between the doctor coming in and then the nurses, Lincoln became quite nervous. So nervous that he put those fingers in his mouth and that was it. Not a single word out of him, no matter how hard the nurses tried to get him to talk. In fact, they eventually asked me if he even knew *how* to talk! HA!!!! This kid doesn't know how to shut up, er, be quiet!!! ;)

They took off the cast....and lo and behold: his elbow was still swollen, not looking great and still had bruising all down his forearm. And when they touched it? The poor boy jumped like he was being shocked by electricity.

So on went a full plaster cast right away, even before x-rays! That was so they could at least get x-rays, or else it would have been too sore to move around.

And here are his x-rays.....can you find the fracture?

Yeah, neither could the doctor. No fracture. So what then is causing it to be still swollen, sore and bruised??

Well, the doctor then suggested that it could be a dislocated elbow - which is rare for a 3 year old to have, but not surprising due to the circumstances of how it happened. He was not comfortable with how much bruising was still there and so he also thinks there may be tissue damage.

My tough "I refuse to talk to strangers" boy:

He left the new cast on to protect the elbow, and we are to come back in two weeks, next week Thursday, for more x-rays and a plan of what next. That'll be almost 4 weeks in a cast for the boy. But you would never know! He has adjusted so well!! And he LOVES it when people sign it!

Any guesses as to why I haven't dared to step out of my house with these two?!

 So, with last week spending time at Sick Kids and Mac, this week a morning at Sick Kids, and next week a morning at Mac, we seriously don't mind paying our taxes, seeing as we pay for health care when we pay for our taxes. We certainly are making that money go a long way!!

We do hope and pray that things heal up well for Lincoln (and Keziah), and that soon I can do blog posts that are non-medical :o)

Have a good weekend and enjoy this weather!!