Cole's Cast

A couple of weeks ago James and I were talking about which of our boys would have their first broken bone......... Yep......... it was COLE!!!

I was getting ready for church, and when I turned off the hair dryer I heard crying from Cole. When I went in to find out what had happend I saw Cole lying on his back with his head on the pillow. I thought, "Oh good at least the pillow broke his fall". Well it wasn't the pillow, it was his arm that broke his fall. I asked Jakeb what had happened and he told me that Cole fell off of the ladder that goes up to the bunk bed. Well, about 45 minutes of continual crying, and Cole not being able to hold anything with his left hand, I knew that the emergency room was needed. So instead of church we spent the morning in the ER.

Cole had partially fractured his ulna and his radius. When looking at the x-rays the doctor didn't feel comfortable casting it, so he sent us to an orthapedic surgeon, because one of the breaks was near a growth plate.

After spending 1 1/2 hours in the waiting room during Cole's nap time(not very fun) we finally were seen and told that it wasn't an actual break, but his bone was 7 degrees out of line. He still needed the cast, and the coolest part of it all is that it is waterproof!!!! I can bath him, horray!!! When the doctor found out that James was in the army they asked Cole if he wanted an army cast, and of course he said yes. When we ask him what kind of cast he has, he says, "Army cast". He thinks it is so cool to be like dad.