At least, that was the doc's best guess. I took Levi to the pediatric orthopedic doc on Monday. He said that he had all the signs (fall, pain, swelling, isolated fat pad, blood in the elbow) but that the fracture wasn't visible on the x-ray. Most likely, based on where Levi was still feeling pain when the doc poked him, a radial head fracture. That guy, right there (not his actual x-ray)...
Doc's judgement was that it was better to put a kid in a cast for a few weeks if there is a chance something is broken and have everything heal correctly, rather than skip the cast for comfort and end up with a gimpy arm the rest of your life.
OK, so he didn't use the word "gimpy." But that is what he meant.
So Levi and I took a before picture...
And (in the spirit of Cousin Ron) did a before interview...
Yeah, it doesn't really seem broken in that video to me either...
Then the casting began.
Whoops, touched it while it was still wet!
"Awwwww, man! This thing is already hot and itchy!"
And for anyone who cares for him while we might not be near... the tech was very specific. No coat hangers down this thing to scratch itches. He said you can't do that with new casts, and he's seen far too many people injure themselves trying it.
Also, Paige wants to make it clear that although she gave me specific instructions not to let him get a pink or purple cast, she now feels bad for having cruelly enforced her gender sterotypical colors on her son. Me... not so much. Better to crush his color choice now than to forever be known as "the boy with the pink cast." He actually ordered some flame Casttoos today. Much better.
He's doing pretty good with the cast so far, at least for the first two days. No using it as a weapon against his siblings, yet. But I am sure it won't be long and he will be greatly looking forward to his appointment with this piece of equipment...
Take it away Ray!
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