Our Halloween was quite the adventure. Friday, after school, Caleb was playing on the playground and he fell off the slide! He was walking up the slide (Of course!) and he slipped and fell off. He fell about 4 to 5 feet. He landed on all fours and his face. He started complaining of his wrist hurting. Kari took him to Urgent Care. Amazingly, we only spent two hours there! After X-rays and examinations, they discovered a “subtle” break in his distal radius of his right arm. (AKA, the bone on the thumb side of his arm between the elbow and the wrist.) They wrapped him up in a splint and ace bandage. Caleb was fine. He said his arm was sore and he was more concerned about trick or treating than anything else. Josh told him that his bandage was his “Robot Arm”, just like Darth Vader’s. Caleb was sold! 
Well, of course we went trick or treating! Both boys came home with full buckets. Caleb even got extra “sympathy” candy for the arm. We still did family visits, church, Team Impact, and school on Saturday, Sunday, and this week. The sling, though, has been an issue. Caleb does not like restrictions.
Today, Wednesday, we went to the orthopedist for our appointment. (Poor Josh! We walked into the waiting room and he hears, “Hi Mr. Leonard!” Sure enough, there was one of his students from Meadow Creek. The poor man can’t go anywhere without running into somebody he knows!) Thedoc pronounced his arm broken (Darn!) but already healing. He said everything looked good. Caleb has to be in a cast for only three weeks, and then a splint/brace for three more weeks. Caleb chose yellow for his cast color. And what a yellow! His cast is “Highlighter Yellow” (According to Kari!). And, he still went to school after the AM appointment. And, this afternoon, he and Timmy were tearing around the house like always. Some things never change!
Brotherly Love!!
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