We’ve even joked about it; it’s amazing that Kevin is the only one to have worn a cast to date.
We can amend that now.
That is Matthew’s wrist (at the top). you can see the one arm bone (the ulna) clearly, the other arm bone (the radius) is behind it. if you look to the left near the wrist you can see the radius bulge out a little bit. That’s called a torus fracture or also called a "buckle" fracture. “The topmost layer of bone on one side of the bone is compressed, causing the other side to bend away from the growth plate. This is a stable fracture and the broken pieces of bone have not separated apart (displaced).”
So, what happened? Still a bit unclear in my mind and will have to ask Matthew to demonstrate this at the school at some point, but, the short version is he was on some sort of playground equipment (with a ladder?) and his friend was sliding under him while he was standing on it (so it’s a slide?) and to get out of the way he jumped but his buddy still clipped him and he landed right hand first and twisted and then he hit with his head (and he has a pretty nasty mark).
We are notoriously slow to take the boys to the doctor….typically we need to be really sure (Matthew just went on Tuesday for a cough he’s had for weeks….). I barely touched his arm to check things out and he winced in pain…we went to urgent care right after that.
Our calendar looks a lot less cluttered all of a sudden as sports drop off of the radar screen for a while. Should get the cast off on 1/27…..but strangely ok to play (with the cast on) after 1/15…..
