Craig and I had started calling Shaun, Garbie, because of his garbage bag arm when he'd have a bath. Well, he got the cast removed this morning so I guess we'll have to go back to calling him Boogie. He's been keeping his arm bent at the 90' angle just like when he had it in the cast and the doctor said no bike riding or climbing for a few days, but the bone is completely healed. I think the cast became a bit of a security blanket for Shaun because he was crying, yes crying, this morning while getting ready to head to the hospital with Craig. As a consolation prize, he got to keep his cast. He's asked us to hang it on his wall like a trophy. What is with this kid?!
His arm was all thin-looking (I don't think it shrunk in only 4 weeks but I've gotten so used to seeing it larger-than-life because of the cast that it was a little alarming to see how tiny it really is) and the skin was flaking when I picked him up from school this afternoon.
The doctor said Shaun should regain the full range of motion within a week and to call if we have any concerns. I know a little guy who had the same exact break as Shaun and he can't even bend his elbow to 90' post cast even though it was cast at that angle. He's been referred to some specialists at another hospital and they're looking at surgery to help him regain some motion. I hope it doesn't come to that with Shaun.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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Yay for no cast! Kids are so amazing at this healing thing huh! I wonder if all of this is harder on them or on us Moms?? And I had to laugh at the skinny arm thing. We were wondering how skinny Nolan's arm would look when the cast came off and it was so anti-climatic....it looked exactly the same! LOL. The kid is sooooo skinny that his arm couldn't possibly shrink any skinnier than it was.
Does Shaun's elbow look "normal" or is it funny looking to you. Nolan's elbow looks totally weird but the doctor thinks I'm nuts. He said it looks perfectly normal.
Lacia, Shaun's elbow is still bruised (4 weeks alter!!!) and seems a little puffy but not nearly as bad as when they took the temporary cast off. I couldn't believe how big it was then.
Shaun is seriously skinny, too, and we were laughing at his gimpy little arm. It's hard to believe there's bones, ligaments AND muscles all crammed into such a small space!
Yeah, Nolan's was bruised and a little puffy too when his came off. That has gone away but the shape of his bones look funny. His elbow looks too large for his arm and in one spot the skin is really shiny, like the skin is stretched to the max.
I hope Shaun is adapting ok with it off.
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