It's off!!!

Daniel got his cast off today! They cut the cast on two sides, pried it apart, and unwrapped it. They then took pictures of his arm and determined that it was healed enough to take the pins out. Daniel didn't want to watch so he read a book while they pulled them out. It didn't hurt a bit! But Daniel was light headed and had to lay down for a minute or two. Pretty cool. I would have posted a new x-ray, but I had to run to go get the boys from school. I will have to go get the new x-rays some time later. Now he can shower, but not soak his arm in water due to there is a tunnel where the pins were. No P.E. or wrestling with his brothers for four more weeks. Other than that he is healed. Perfect!

Thoughts...

So I have been thinking a lot lately. Probably not the best thing to do. I wonder why certain things happen to certain people. Why is life so hard in such small ways? So I have been thinking about our "will" and trying to figure it all out. Why is this so hard? I wish that I had a crystal ball that I could look into and see the future. I know this would eliminate the need for faith. But at least I would know. I am sure we will get it all figured out, but it's painful.

My baby is sick again. He is running a fever again and his nose is running. He just got over it. He was well for one day, yesterday. Today he is sick again. Poor kid. It seems like these sickness pass from one person to the next in families. It just goes round and round. Nathan is sick with the same. Who's next?

Friday my husband and I went on a date. So much fun. We went to see the movie Twilight. We took Chiron with us. He was so good. He never made a peep. When the movie was over a few people came to tell me that my baby was so good! It's gracious that other people notice and compliment on him. We ate dinner and Richard bought me shoes. It's always gratifying to buy new things for yourself. Thanks Richard-I needed them, along with a few more things. It was just a really nice night.

Five months...

It's hard to imagine that 5 months is here. I have enjoyed every minute of those five months. Chiron is a happy baby and has been a joy to have around. He is in the phase that everything goes in the mouth. My boys laugh and get a kick out of that. I love having a baby around, although I look forward to sleeping through the night. I miss being well rested in the mornings. How fun it is to have a baby again. We love you Chiron!

X-Rays...

While we were getting Daniel's cast put on today we asked them for the pictures of the x-rays. They gave us all the images that they had. I could only put so many on here. The first three were taken during surgery. The last two were after the accident. There were two more taken today but I couldn't fit them in. Pretty cool. The doctor today was the doctor over everyone the day he came to the ER. He said that he saw the x-rays that day. He told us today that it was a really good break. Nice. He will heal up just fine though.

Cast...

Today Daniel got his cast. The first photo was his splint. The second photo was the the first layer of the cast and the last photo was the last layer on the cast. Yes, he choose to have a camo cast. Pretty cool if you ask me. They have about 10 different covering to choose from - teddy bears, hot pink, american flag, yellow, blue, red etc. This is a fiberglass cast. The nurse wet the fiber glass then wraped it around the splint. It heats up and feels really warm. Daniel was surprised on how warm it made his are feel. He will have this cast on for 3 weeks. The bones will then be "sticky". I guess that meant not all the way healed but healed enough so that he will be able to start moving the elbow again. He will have very little movement and they will want him to work and do exercises the help get his mobility back. He will not be able to do any P.E. for another 3 weeks once it is out of the cast because the elbow will be "sticky". Another 3 weeks of Richard bathing him and me help dressing him for school.

Tragedy....

December 30, 2008 was a beautiful warm winter day. I decided that we needed new family pictures. So we headed to a park and took several
pictures there, but Chiron was sleeping. So we decided to head to another park and maybe in route Chiron would wake up. We took several more pictures, but Chiron slept. We reached a spot where they have very large statues of Texan Long Horn cattle. The boys decided to climb them. We were standing there watching them climb when Daniel fell. He sat on the grass for a second and then said "I broke my arm." Richard said let me look at it. He helped Daniel pull up his sleeve and indeed it was not looking right. We decided to take him to the nearest ER. There they x-rayed it and determined that the break was so bad that he needed to be transported to Children's Medical Center. The ambulance came and picked him up. I got to ride with him. At Children's they took more x-rays and explained that this kind of break would need surgery. They admitted him for the night. Sugery took place about 12:00 the next day. They put three pins in the elbow and a splint on to allow for swelling. He spent that night also in the hospital and came home Jan. 1, 2009. Needless to say, I never got the family picture I wanted. Maybe another day.