Fracture

Fracture #2 goes to ...

...Luke!

I'm fighting my guilt right now but today Luke fractured his thumb and I completely take the blame.  Once again, our sweet dog Oliver, ran through his invisible fence (after a rabbit).  I had to pull him very hard back into our yard (and into the correction zone) and ask I was struggling to pull him by his leash, he bumped into Luke and knocked him over onto the sidewalk.  It wasn't a big fall and Luke only had a scrape on his thumb but over the next hour his thumb swelled and he wouldn't use it.  The boys and I headed to the ER while the girls headed to the pool with a friend/neighbor (Lilly had swim practice and Andy was at a retirement dinner).

They loved the room.  The bed, stickers, phone, remote, lights, trash can, and curtain were the coolest in their eyes!

Checking out their stickers and Luke examining his "big boo boo."

 Gabe wanted me to put his stickers on his shoes.  Luke loved the idea and they giggled and kept the stickers on until bedtime.

 The x-ray revealed a fracture at the base of his thumb and they temporarily casted him until I can get him to a pediatric ortho tomorrow or the next day.  He does not like the cast even though they put dinosaur tape all around the ace bandage!  

Brilliant I thought...

 We got home way after his bedtime but he hung in there watching a movie on the way home.  Gabe was an awesome buddy for him making him laugh the whole time.

 Wearing his sister's Snoopy shirt since it fit over the cast, he sleeps peacefully.

Getting used to boys and their injuries!  I wasn't even nervous today.  I've definitely come a long way.  Here's hoping to the ortho thinking a large cast isn't necessary...