and this little piggy...

screamed bloody murder b/c it was broken!!!!!

Tonite, while eating dinner, Lillie's chair slipped from underneath her and she and the chair landed on her poor little pinky finger and broke it! Thank goodness our pediatrician happens to be one of our closest friends and neighbors b/c instead of driving to the E.R. we drove to his L.R. (Living room) and got Lillie "fixed up". In fear of having child protective services after me (2 kids with 2 broken bones in 4 weeks cannot look good) Dr. Sean came to our rescue and we are VERY VERY grateful! A little Motrin and some buddy tape later, we are almost as good as new...

Cast #2

Bengals Orange... of course!!!

Cast #1

So here it is... a very bright RED cast (for the Cinci REDS of course). Next week Parker has to have some more x-rays and gets to pick another color. Two weeks after that yet, another cast and then a 4th cast toward the end of it all! Yesterday morning I took him to the orthopedic surgeon who had to reset his arm (very painful and not good for a mom to see) and told us the recovery for both bones being broken would take awhile. Parker has been the bestest patient. I can't say my nursing skills are all that great but when your patient is so sweet and kind, it's easy to take care of him. I have to say sending him to school today was harder than sending him the first day. He looked so vulnerable and anxious. I'm sure he will do great and will get lots of attention but still, noone can take care of him like Mom, Dad and little sis...

ANOTHER first... this one I could have done without!

Well, it was bound to happen I just wasn't sure when or how. Today while we were at the playground after school, Parker was on his favorite apparatus: the monkey bars. You can probably finish the story from this point. He slipped. He fell 7 feet. He got the wind knocked out of him. He cried out. His arm was broken! After several hours at the ER and a lot of paperwork I can say we survived our first childhood accident. He did really well (superb, actually) and was brave even thru the tears. He is super relieved that he should be recovered in time for his first flag football game mid October (it's all about the sports). Tomorrow we go to an orthopedic surgeon to get his opinion and a cool permanent cast.

For those inquiring minds he broke his two radial bones in his left arm (right below his wrist). As a lefty, he will have an interesting and frustrating month.