So Luke took a little spill in the backyard...tripped in the grass and caught himself with his chubby hands. It was a really minor fall - the kind he does many times each day, but this time he actually cried about it (the kid is tough as nails!) so we wondered if something was up. After watching him for a little while, we could tell that his wrist was bothering him and decided to take him in for an x-ray. Sure enough...broken wrist! The break was minor, but if he fell on it again (which he would do, repeatedly), he might make things worse or, at minimum, keep the break from healing. So we ended up with 3 weeks in a cast!
Here we are at the urgent care center where they took x-rays and put on a splint to immobilize his wrist until we could get into an orthopedic specialist the next day (this all, of course, happened at about 4:30 pm as the doctors offices are closing).
The next day we put on the cast. They put it up past his elbow so he couldn't wiggle out of it!
The cast didn't slow him down for a second, except at bedtime. He likes to go down holding his duck, drinking a bottle and twirling his hair (all at the same time). This is tough with 2 hands, impossible with one! He learned to adapt though!
No slowing down his iPadding skills!
And we made it to 3 weeks! Thank goodness it wasn't any longer - that cast was starting to reek! Luke sat perfectly still for the doc while he sawed off the cast, and as soon as it was off, he was ready to get using that arm again!
So, any bets on how long it takes for Luke to injure himself again? I have a feeling this kid is going to take after his dad!!!
