Newsflash - Little Man Down

Hi Everybody,

In case you haven't heard, Griffin broke his left forearm about a week and a half ago. It happened Tue Jan 30th. He was getting ready to head out to the park in his "Crocs" when he tripped and fell in the house. We think he tried to break his fall, but had too much speed. He had clean breaks in both the "Radius and Ulna".

I met Jill, Daysi (our Nanny) and Griffin in the hospital ER about an hour after it happened. He seemed to be pretty much his normal self, he wasn't crying and didn't seem to notice any extreme pain. After about 5 hours of going between doctors and X-ray he finally got a cast on his arm. Long gone are the days for plaster casts, he got a cool, blue fiberglass one. The downside is they are hard to sign!

We went back last Tues for follow-up visit and X-ray. Everything seems to be healing great. Because he is so young they are not as concerned about setting the bones perfectly because as he grows the muscles and bones remodel the arm, correcting any misalignment.

He sort of thinks his "Super Blue Arm" is fun to bang on things and it does not seem to be slowing him down a bit.