Well it happened. I knew I would HATE to have one of my babies break a bone and when Brock fell off the swing and landed on his arm, I knew right away that under his jacket we'd see a break. Our friends kept Troy with them so we could take care of Brock and while waiting in the ER, he was able to get in a nice, long nap.
He was such a trooper; I seriously shed many more tears than he did. He was extremely cooperative and even while getting x-rayed, they had to stretch his arm and all he did was say a sad little "owe" a few times.
He ended up with a pretty bad and scary break. His elbow (lower end of his upper arm bone) had three chips of bone break off along with a fracture, all being from and through his growth plate. His dr. said it isn't a very common break and Brock will be heading in for surgery on Friday. He'll have pins placed which will be removed after the six weeks when his cast comes off (the type that "pokes" out of his arm and shouldn't need surgery for removal). We're so grateful for modern medicine and are hoping for a smooth recovery with hopefully no long term complications.
Brock is proud of his new pet squirrel, "Nuts" from his very impressed x-ray tech.
7 comments:
poor guy! His little arm is so sad!!
Poor Baby! Hope he does okay with surgery. Times when it is hard to watch your kids in pain :(
Brave Brockers!! Grandma would trade places if I could so you wouldn't hurt. Love and Prayers for you all.
Poor guy! Glad to hear he is doing okay. We will keep him in our prayers.
Poor Brock and Mom! I'd cry too! What a brave little man you have! Just know you guys are in my thoughts and prayers! It's amazing the things they can do for fixing people these days. He lives in a good day in age! Keep us posted!
poor guy! Kenna fell off swing once right on her elbow too. Luckily she only had a very very small fracture that they didn't even cast just slinged her for awhile. What a brave little guy!
Oh man. He's such a tough little bruiser! You'll have to tell him the story of you flying off the swing (even though yours is just funny since you ended up fine-hahahaha I can still see it!). Tell Troy we're thinking of him, too, as I'm sure he was probably pretty worried about his lil bro. You're one tough lil dude Brockers!
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