Last night, the Sgt obtained a left distal humerus fracture (he broke his arm) after jumping off his bed and landing just right. Only so many times you can perform certain wrestling moves until your number comes up. The kid didn't even cry, "mom and dad, I think something's wrong" is all he said. We took him to St. Vincent's ER thinking we'd get a cast and go home and found out he needed surgery to fix this one. So he was admitted and had surgery at around 8:00 this morning and is doing great. He's handled the whole thing much better than his parents and I'm very proud of him.
I said I would not post on here until the &*$# was properly flushed from the forum, but I wanted to share this with you because I could use your positive thoughts and wishes as little man heals. I'm thankful for much including the fact that it wasn't more serious than a broken arm and that it was his left arm and he is a "righty". I'm thankful for the absolutely awesome staff at St. Vincent's ER (the physician was gracious enough to honor my request and call the Sgt's pediatrician to get his input); the surgical department; and his wonderful and caring orthopedic pediatric surgeon who patiently answered all of my questions. A great team indeed put my Humpty Dumpty back together again.
I think we take our medical personnel for granted. They have thankless jobs sometimes (much like some teachers) and I, for one, thank all of you that do this for a living. It's been a while since my family's had a hospital experience and this one was positive. He'll stay tonight and be released in the AM when the surgeon is assured he's tolerating his pain meds, etc. I am also thankful for having a suite where I can stay with him comfortably and for good medical insurance.
Just took a break to post this and don't know when I'll check again, but thanks for all good thoughts.
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I don't know the move, but I know he won't be doing it again.