The Cast Removal

On our way

The Machine

Back to the Good Life

Today was the day!!! Justin woke up and bagged his arm for the bathtub one last time. When I dropped him off at school he let me know that he would try to enjoy his last day in a sling but he kindly requested that I not be late picking him up for the appointment!

We took some final pictures to remember the cast and then we headed to Children's Hospital for the big event. He got a little bit nervous when they turned on "the chainsaw" and headed toward his arm - so they stopped to talk about it for a minute. He asked some questions and then timidly held his elbow out for the action. The noise started, the giggling started, the "reverse pliers" came out and ...the ...horrendous ...sweaty ...rotton ...gym sock ...SMELL overcame us! WOW! That is some stinky stuff in there! Some of the cotton stuck to his arm and they advised him not to pick at it because his skin was likely to come right off with it!

His elbow was stiff and his wrist was flopping around all over the place. He asked for the sling again and he rested his arm in it while we waited for X-Rays. He's a pro at that step these days! We got the X-Ray and headed over to the exam room to wait and see which doctor would come see us. (There are two friendly ones and one that we're scared of). We lucked out with a visiting nurse but she took the "scare the pants out of the Mom" approach and even asked if we wanted to put the cast back on!!! I DON'T THINK SO!!!!

He came home with a splint that he has to wear most of the time and we're going back in 4 weeks for one last checkup. His bone has formed around the break but there's still a little crack in there. Looks like football will wait a little bit longer (which we expected) but the pool is open!