The Puddles

Before we left for the doctor’s office this morning I decided on a pink cast.Ainsley  said that would be a good color.
After visiting with the doctor, there would not be a cast for me today. He said that I had a really bad break.  He said I broke the end of my radius into several pieces. He called it the radial head. He said that it required surgery to put the bone together.  Once he opens up the arm he will look to see if you can screw the pieces back together. If he can’t screw the pieces back together and he will give me a new metal radial head. After the repair is over my recovery will look a lot like Chris’. Moving the arm as soon as possible and lots of physical therapy.  The hard part of it all is no driving. At least it happened in the summer and not during the school year. 

The good news is I’m pretty sure were going to meet all of our out-of-pocket expenses with our insurance by August. Too bad that we will be so sick of the medical system that we won’t want to have anything else done. 

Ben has an all day cardiology appointment on Monday to check his heart. Instead of me going dad will take him by himself.  This is the first cardiology appointment since  he was two that I’ve ever missed.  I will be going to testing at the hospital on Monday and it just can’t be helped or I   won’t be able to have surgery on Wednesday.  

Ben is doing well. The doctor said on Thursday that it’ll take 5 to 7 days for his platelets to start working again.  So he may have this rash for a while.  If that is the worst of it, we will take it.  

We are going this weekend to go see Madie and her play. She’s been working on this for three weeks while staying with Papa and grandma Lake.  And then we will have her home with us again on Monday. We miss her and can’t wait to see your again. Of course she is 13 and has been an only child for three weeks.  She may not be ready to come home and be with her siblings again. But we certainly can’t wait to see her.