Wisdom

Micah today at the Aquarium:
"See that group of fish, that's a school of fish. Oh and see that fish in the front by himself? That's the teacher."

Our first "cast"

We went to see a children's orthopedist at Children's Hospital. Let's see that brings the count to ....7 children's specialist for our family. When we checked out today after the appointment they give you a print out of all your next appointments at Children's. There were no less than 4 upcoming appointments with various specialists, all for Ethan.

They took more x-rays with a better machine and I was able to see the break clearly. A horizontal zig-zag across the bone. It is on his left ring finger in the bone closest to his hand. They almost put a cast on it but since he is so young it would be hard to keep it dry. Instead they wrapped it up with co-flex tape. He has to wear it for 3 weeks.

On the up side, it seems as though this hasn't slowed him down in the least. He's been very happy and playful. I pray it heals correctly!

Fractured Finger

Today, we had the first incident of a broken bone amongst the children in our household. I am amazed that with 3 boys, it has taken this long. However, it has only taken our youngest 20 months to now enjoy this claim to fame.

Yesterday I was outside with Ethan talking to a roof estimator and he was happily playing in the yard on a large rock, climbing up and down. He stumbled a bit on the way down, I guess falling on his hand the wrong way. His left ring finger is black and blue and bruised at the base of the finger. We went in to get x-rays today and the doctor thinks it is fractured so he has a splint taped on with a sock to cover it so he doesn't rip off the splint. We also have instructions to see an orthopedic physician at Children's early next week.

Micah and Joel were super excited to see the x-rays of Ethan's hand. Micah was the doctor's helper when she was putting the splint on his hand. Micah said "wow, we've never had a broken bone in our house before!!" Was that more than just a touch of jealousy? Micah does have the record as being the first to have stitches... although I'm sure Ethan won't be far behind.