OK. So my last blog was titled "No Training Wheels", so I guess it is appropriate that the next one is "First Visit to Ortho". That's right, Cael fractured his left thumb in a not-so-controlled crash. Poor little guy! He was doing so well that we started out on Wednesday morning for what we guessed would be a 4 mile run while the boys rode their bikes. Well, the weather was beautiful and the kids were having fun...Jay and I felt great so we kept going. Unfortunately, about 200 yards from being home...7 miles later...it happened. Cael's confidence was up and I was running ahead and Jay was behind him. Well, he lurched ahead and I heard Jay yelling "stop!" as I stepped up a very small curb (though not small enough). I turned around just in time to see him hit the curb at just the right angle to come down hard...left hand on the handle bar, still. There was a tiny scrape on his thumb, but he was crying about his right knee, which now has a BIG strawberry and another added bruise. But by the time he was in the bath that night, his left thumb and thenar area had really begun to swell with lots of blue bruising. So...here we are below in Orthopedics getting our first cast! I must tell you that this was on the back side of 4 new immunizations and while I think he enjoyed the attention, he was not happy when we left and that thing was still on his hand. The doctor wants to see him next week to get another XRAY and hopefully he won't have to wear it more than a week or two, at the most.
As for biking: ever since this happened, he has been saying, "Enyi, No Bike". But by last night when all the neighbor kids were out riding theirs, he was asking, "Please, Mama. Bike? No Crash." (yes! his English is greatly improving!) So we let him ride the scooter and he was reasonably happy with that...but we also want to get him back on "the horse" while he is still confident.
Update on my dad: He is finally home from the hosptial and off nearly all pain medicine...just frustrated with the slow recovery. Thanks, to all who continue to pray for the entire family. God is good!
Oh no! Poor Cael! But he'll be back up and riding in no time. I'm so glad your dad is back home & doing better. We pray for him often!
ReplyDeletePoor boy!! Boys and broken bones just seem to go together. Hopefully the cast won't last long. It looks like he took it all in stride! What a sweet thing he is!
ReplyDeleteIt is so fun to keep up to date with you guys.
You're in our thoughts and prayers.
Maddie tells so many people about her friend Enyi, our China tales are never complete until she fills everyone in about the cute little boy she met :)
Love,
The Rowenhorsts