our impromptu visit came at boookie's rather vocal suggestion. he took a nasty tumble from his bunk bed ladder, breaking his fall with his left arm, which also broke. it was the mayor who wisely and calmly diagnosed the injury. excellent daddy that he is, he had us across town and filling out paperwork at stevens hospital within twenty minutes.
here are the hobbitlings on easter sunday morning admiring boookie's temporary splint.
boookie had broken his left radius and bent his corresponding ulna. the x-rays looked almost sickeningly bizarre to me: i hadn't until then appreciated just how flexible are children's bones. the radius did sustain a small fracture, but the unbroken ulna looked like robin hood's bow after an archery tournament.monday afternoon, the splint was replaced by a proper cast. in honour of the occasion, boookie wore his finest star wars shirt under his black velvet cloak.
from a colourwheel of options, boookie chose construction cone orange for the hard fiberglass coating of his new cast. then a nurse named mark, who greatly appreciated boookie's polite inclusion of "mister" in his addresses, found himself captive audience for boookie's extensive conversational abilities during the thirty minute proceedure.
everyone complimented boookie on his cheerful demeanor, calm disposition, and articulate questions. ("why is that guy in the corner wearing a whole bunch of casts if he's dead and that means he can't get better?")
(in case you're wondering, mister mark said the dead guy's name is george.)
after the cast was applied we waited for an appointment with radiology to confirm that everything still looked good inside the cast. we waited...
and waited...
and waited...
and got in some target practice...
and a few electric guitar riffs...
and waited, and waited, and waited.
finally, boookie got his x-ray. and ela got her turn viewing scenic edmonds from the exam table.
the doctor was very pleased with boookie's bone placement and even commented that the fracture was already healing fast! in celebration, we all got stickers...
and complimentary shreds of cotton bandage from the exam room floor!
we have a follow-up appointment next monday to make sure those flexible little bones continue healing properly. we will keep you posted. until then, thank you for keeping boookie in your prayers.and may the force be with you!
