Broken Arm

Andy's little tumble down the stairs yesterday resulted in a fractured wrist.  He is certainly a trooper and did well yesterday.  I thought it might just be a sprain but this morning I could see him avoiding the use of the arm and saw some slight swelling in the wrist and so I kept him home from school and set up an appointment with the doctor.  We got him checked out then went over and got x-rays at the hospital and then back to the doctors office.  Both the bones were fractured.  He is in a soft cast or splint now and will get a permanent cast on Thursday.  He was pretty excited about his first broken bone but who wouldn't be?  Okay there are probably many who would prefer not to break a bone. Regardless, it is done and he is going to be fine.  Probably mid December before he will be out of a cast so that could make for some interesting school work.  Maybe he will have to train the left hand to write.  It couldn't be much worse than the right hand.  Andy doesn't have the nicest penmanship.  Well, good times.  I am grateful it wasn't any worse than it was and I am grateful I didn't make him wait 12 days before going to the doctor.