We're 3 for 4! Henry joined the ranks of those needing a cast this past week. Last Saturday we attended a bicycle party. It was held to celebrate a young member of our ward who had learned to ride her 2 wheeler. There was a sidewalk loop which the children were racing around as part of the party. Well, the sidewalk on one corner was significantly higher than the sandy ground beside it. As the children got too near the edge of the sidewalk their wheels would fall off, rub on the edge of the sidewalk and they would crash. It happened a few times without major incident until Henry tried to pass someone and down he went. He stayed down for a while and when I went over to help he only had a few scrapes, nothing to worry about I told him. I brushed him off and sent him on his way. About ten minutes later I found him at a picnic table, crying, and holding his left arm. We all decided a trip to the ER was warranted. A wonderful friend took the three other children to her house and off we went. It was broken. He has a buckle fracture to his Left Radius. He was in an ER splint all week until yesterday when they saw him in Orthopedics and put him in a fiberglass cast. Since we are headed out on the cruise on Monday, however, I had to order online a special liner that will make his whole cast waterproof. He will get a new cast, with a new liner on Monday- the day we set sail!
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