Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Broken Arm
Last week, on the first day of Spring, an unfortunate skateboarding accident caused a double fracture of this boy's right arm (and a looong visit to the ER):
After it was all casted up, he was given a large block of foam -- called "Sponegbob" by the nurses -- to hold his arm upright all day and all night. Using this and being given an awesome new Nintendo DS game necessitated learning to play the DS one-handed -- and the left hand, at that -- which drew on his recent interest in the piano:
One of the few good tings about a cast is that you can have your best friend sign it:
And yes, he really was that happy to have his mom writing up his homework for him:
When we went back to the ER three days later to have the cast split open (so it wouldn't crush his hand), he got another Spongebob. Oh, the fun of a matched set:
After it was all casted up, he was given a large block of foam -- called "Sponegbob" by the nurses -- to hold his arm upright all day and all night. Using this and being given an awesome new Nintendo DS game necessitated learning to play the DS one-handed -- and the left hand, at that -- which drew on his recent interest in the piano:
One of the few good tings about a cast is that you can have your best friend sign it:
And yes, he really was that happy to have his mom writing up his homework for him:
When we went back to the ER three days later to have the cast split open (so it wouldn't crush his hand), he got another Spongebob. Oh, the fun of a matched set:
