Broken Arm Doesnt Bother Me

Hanging out in the ER

On Sept. 14th, I received a call from Mt. Loafer Elementary informing me that Myles had fallen off the monkey bars. Me, Maggs and baby Mack were already in the car headed to the store, so getting to the school in my state of panick was quick. I hate getting calls like that and knowing that I am not there to immediately pick him up and access the damage. I arrived at the school, ran into the front office and into the nurses room and Myles was lying there with 7 school employees around the bed. That many people made me a bit anxious. They had made him a make-shift sling and wrap to hold his arm as still as possible. Since it was wrapped I was unable to view how bad it might be. I could tell it wasn't good cuz he was in pain. A lot of pain! We helped him out to the car and opted to check Mason out as well. I'm glad I did since he was a lot of help and we were at the hospital for the rest of the day. We packed up and headed to Provo. I called his pediatrician thinking I'd be able to go into his office and he could check it out. ( we had done this with Mason, 1 year earlier). Of course this was the off day of his dr. So instead we headed to the ER @ Utah Valley. They got him right in and back to a room, because they knew he was in a lot of pain. They finally got him some pain medication and x-rayed and feeling pretty decent. This only took 4 hours! After being in the ER for over 4 hrs the doctors concluded that he needed surgery. They sent in the Specialist and he told me what needed to be done. He needed to put 3 pins in his arm and Myles had a pinched nerve so that was making this an "immediate" surgery. He would be prepped and back in surgery in less than an hour. Of course Ron was not around. He was hunting and had no service. I'm used to this, so no panicking on my part. I texted him several times anyway knowing that eventually his texts would reach him. @ 4:45pm that evening they took him back. I have never had to send one of my babies back for surgery. Its not fun! :( I watched them take him off one way and I headed the other way holding my head up trying not to let it get to me. ( Keep in mind I had a 4 week newborn and the hormones alone with that) I'm glad it went quick and that I didn't have "TIME" to think too much.... He was back there for around an hour and back out and doing really well. The doctor (Dr. Larsen -who did awesome) said everything went very well and he should heal fine. Myles spent the night @ the hospital and was able to go home the next day. He was one tough cookie! On a side note, where he spent the night in the Pediatric Unit is directly next to the Nursery. Baby Mack was a newborn and I joked that they would think I had stolen a newborn out of the nursery!!

Myles is doing fantastic now after the ordeal. He is using it more and more now that his cast is off and the traumatic day is only a memory......:0)