Broken bone

I don't know how it happened.  I left the room for a minute on my way to the potty, and before I got there I heard an I'm-in-pain scream from Andrew.  I ran back to see him standing next to our end table.  Screaming.  I held him trying to get him to calm down.  I asked him where it hurt.  He grabbed his right shoulder area.  I could tell he needed I diaper change so I picked him up and carried him to his room.  I changed his diaper and took his shirt off.  That's when I knew something was terribly wrong.

I told Kathryn to get dressed, Andrew to lie still & I quickly put my shoes on.  I'm usually not dressed by that point of the morning, but looking back I know it was God who told me to go ahead & get dressed before I started cleaning.  I really don't think 5 minutes passed before we were in the car.

I am truly thankful our hospital has a children's ER.  From walking in the door until we were in a room was 15 minutes.  The paramedic took his vitals.  I think we waited 15 or 20 minutes before the doctor came in.  Andrew was holding on to me with one arm and protecting his shoulder with the other.  The doctor barely touched the shoulder and said, yes, he's broken his collar bone.  He ordered Motrin & x-rays.

Andrew did not like moving his arm out of the way for the x-rays.  They took four and he cried, "Pick me up!  Pick me up!" the entire time.  The motrin calmed him & he napped for a little bit.

The doctor came back about 30 minutes later and said it was indeed broken & we needed to go to an orthopeditic in a couple of days (Friday is the earliest they can get us in).  The nurses came back with discharge papers and a sling.  I forgot to day that I took him in just his diaper.  I didn't try to put a shirt on him before we left.  At this point he needed a shirt on, which I remembered to grab as we ran out the door.   He screamed but the nurse showed me how to get it on with the least amount of movement.

He napped for a lot of the afternoon.  Today, except for not using his arm much, he is acting normal.  We got a train table from friends yesterday afternoon.  That's where he has been for most of the day.

Praying for good news Friday & he continues to be in good spirits.