Jamin's first broken bone.

While we were at the VanHorn family reunion, Jamin tried to jump out of a tall slide and his feet ended up getting caught and he landed on the ground with his arms out in front of him. Kyle and I didn't not see it and we really didn't think much of it. Jamin wasn't too upset, just babying his arm and took a break from playing with his cousins and second cousins. After a little while he went back out to play, but still babying his arm. By the time we left his wrist was swollen but he wasn't acting like I thought a five year old would act if he just broke his arm. So, we went out to dinner with my parent's for Father's day. By end of dinner, he was still babying it and his wrist was tight so we decided to take him in to get x-rays. The doctor told us that she didn't need x-rays to know that it was indeed broken. After x-rays came back we got to see that he broke off a small piece of his radius bone across the growth plate.

 

 After getting his temporary cast on.

A few days later we had to follow-up with an orthopaedic surgeon to see what needed to be done to fix his arm. Thankfully the break should heal with a long-arm cast. He needs to wear the full arm cast for 4 weeks and then a short arm splint for 4 more weeks. The doctor assured me, that these breaks always heal and to not worry about the growth plate.

After getting his full arm cast on. It was still a little wet and sticky when we left the doctors office which is why he has it wrapped. 

Jamin got his first signature in the mail! Our neighbor, Emilee, who is in the Navy and in training in Illinois, heard about Jamin and sent him a bandaid to stick onto his cast with her signature on it! So cute!