On Saturday, Steve and CJ went ATVing for the first time this season. We had some rain the night before. Unfortunately the good rain here was a very heavy rain down south where they ATV. CJ looking to avoid a puddle of water that looked more like a pond than a puddle ran into a tree. He knew right away that something was wrong with his wrist. Unfortunately the only way to get back to the car was to ride back. Being unable to steer well with the hurt wrist he was unable to avoid 2 more trees. Now the wrist hurt more.
So if we were good parents we would have taken CJ to the ER that night. We didn't. Monday at school his science teacher suggested he go to the doctor. Unfortunately, I didn't know that. It still hurt on Tuesday so after school and a haircut we stopped at the local Urgent Care. As soon as the nurse looked at his wrist she knew it was broken. They splinted it and gave us the name of an Orthopaedic doctor. The next morning the doctor squeezed us in and before we left CJ was the proud owner of a blue cast.
With the Music in the Parks competition coming up the cast was put on so that he could still hold his bow. An unusual request but one that made his orchestra teacher happy.
Long ago, as Bill reminds me from time to time, after he fell out of a bunk bed playing at Seelaus' I ignored his sore arm which was actually a broken one. As I looked at his cast I realized that it was probably a great request to have it so he could still play cello b/c they didn't cover his knuckles as they did mine in the hospital and later w wrist splints. When all 5 knuckles are covered the fingers can't do anything.
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