Can't break the spirit

Poor Tyler. He broke his arm on Monday afternoon at the day-care playground. I was so thankful that it wasn't his neck, that he was alright and that I was only 10 minutes away when I got the call. I knew this day would come, but not so soon and not at the playground.

Tyler will tell you the story. Two of his friends (we wont name names) pushed him off the ladder to the slide. He fell and must have hit his arm on the handle bar up to the slides. So, we rushed to the ER and ended up waiting there for two and half hours. What a trooper. He never really cried, as long as I put pressure on his arm. He even made friends with an old man who split a candy-bar with Tyler in the waiting room. When we were called back, Tyler had x-rays that confirmed the break and they splinted it. We had to go to the ORTHO the next day for a cast.

So, I thought no big deal. Well, totally an understatement. We waited there for another two hours before we got called back, had more x-rays and yes, it was broke. (I'm not a doctor, but I think I could have told you it was broke by the way it looked!). Anyhow, thankfully we did go to ORTHO docs because it was broke in two places and they were "good breaks". So, Tyler had to be put under later that afternoon (because we had to have an eight hour gap with no food & drink) to set the breaks and cast it. Again, what a trooper! Besides being hungry & tired, he really did good. We had an hour break in-between doctor appointments, so we made a trip to Target to buy the good patient a Thomas sticker book that helped occupy the afternoon wait. When it was time to go under, he went with the nurse & anesthesiologist; told me see ya and layed down so they could put the mask on. Every nurse wanted to wait on Tyler because “he reminded him of their son or because of his big, beautiful eyes or devilish grin”. Awe!

So now, poor Ty is sportin' a huge cast. They ended up splittin' the cast because of swelling, so they had to wrap it with bandage. Getting dressed, bathing and everything that he has learned to do solo have become more of a "need help" process. So these next five weeks could be a long one, but we are troopers, especially Tyler.

You can break the arm of a four year old, but Tyler proves that kids are resilient and shows you can't break the spirit of a small town, four year old farm boy!

PS....if we don't have any drama to report on 18th Avenue Ct, that would be just fine by this Jersey mama. I think we've tamped out the family deductible and you know who's gettin' our stimulus check! I don't think I even want to see the doctor bills.