Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Bucket

Blake, Bryson, and Brett were playing pleasantly outside planting a garden.
They decide to make Brett the Boss and put him in a 5 gallon bucket so he could tell them what to do.
The bucket tips over.
Brett is in the bucket and puts his hands down to brace his fall.
He screams and it looks swollen.  We go to Effingham Hospital (big mistake).
They take xrays.
Radiology tech says wrist is fractured.  ER doc says it is not.
I called yesterday to get the report, but Effingham says that Brett has to call for his own report.  Even after I explain that he is 2, they say that HIPPA laws protect him from disclosing any information to me......his mother.
At 3:00 the following day, radiology calls to tell us that there is a fracture.
So....we head to the Orthopedic Center and he does have a buckle fracture of the wrist. 
They wanted to put a cast up to the shoulder, but I talked them down to the elbow.  Hopefully, he will not wiggle out of it.  We shall see.
Back to the doctor in two weeks to see how it heals.  Never a dull moment in the Lee household.

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