October Happenings

This girl endured a lot late nights watching baseball games for both Landon and Nolan. She was quite the trooper!!

Jason's parents came for a quick visit near the end of October and we had fun taking them around the area, including to this fun Corn Maze at Misty Meadows Creamery!

On Saturday, October 21st, all the kids were playing outside while we made dinner for Jason's parents. Nolan came inside crying saying that he had hurt his arm while jumping on the trampoline. Turns out they were "catching each other bounces" and this bounce had caused him to go pretty high up and then he reached out to catch himself with his left arm. He wasn't crying too much so we told him to rest on the couch for a minute until it felt better. A few minutes later I went to see how he was doing and noticed that his left arm was bowed! Needless to say, I rushed him over to Urgent Care where they discovered that he had fractured both his ulna and radius in his lower left arm!! 

This was our first broken bone in our family so we were caught completely off guard. Urgent care wanted us to go to the ER that night where they splinted his arm and made an appointment for us to see an orthopedist on Monday.

The orthopedist was in Pennsylvania and he recommended surgery to fix his arm as well as a rod and screws which would require another surgery in 4-6 months. We set up his surgery for the next day, but as we were driving home, Jason and I both felt prompted to get a second opinion. After a lot of calling, running around, and seeking recommendations, we were able to meet with a pediatric orthopedist in Frederick who told us he definitely didn't need any rods or screws and she thought she could fix it that day right in her office. It was a painful few minutes for Nolan when they reset his arm, but it is now healing nicely with no surgery!!

He will be in an extended cast for 5-6 weeks and then a brace for a few more weeks until it fully heals. Thank goodness we felt prompted to get that second opinion!!