Whatta Guy

Blase is into saying "Swings, they all win in the end."

Blase hanging out in his splint.

On the first Friday of August Blase was swinging.  Did I mention that was the day of the company picnic at OUR house?  We hosted roughly 60 people who were mostly still there while Blase was swinging.  All of a sudden he just let go and fell off.  Well, the swing won and Blase lost.  After a 2 hour visit to the ER it was determined he had broken his arm with a type of fracture called a Colles Fracture that was somewhat close to his wrist.

We took him to see an orthopedic doctor the following Monday.  We found out that technically he has a Distal Radius Metaphyseal Fracture.  That's a fancy way of saying he broke his radius bone.  In Blase's case he broke it close to growth plate, but far enough away it is safe from problems.  The good thing is that since he is so young his arm will remodel itself and he won't require surgery unless he does something to it again.  At this appointment and based on the X-rays from the ER it was determined that he had an 18 degree fracture.  His arm was still too swollen for a cast so another appointment was made for the following Friday.

At the Friday appointment they took new X-rays and determined that it was a 13 degree fracture (better pictures).  His hand and arm was also ready for a cast.  He will have to come in every 2 weeks for a check up and possibly a new cast.  They expect he will be in a cast for 4-6 weeks.  This is exactly what we needed in our last 6 weeks before the babies come.  Always something exciting here!

 He chose green, but was disappointed he couldn't have a camo cast.

Whatta guy!!