Long day

So yesterday I come home from outreach to pick the boys up for AWANA. When I get in the driveway, A, our across the street neighbor, is walking Jeremiah home and they're both holding his right arm. Seems he fell out of the play fort, which is about six or seven feet high. It hasn't been two weeks since he tried to jump of the monkey bars on a school field trip and got hurt pretty badly. His teacher was kind of surprised that nothing was broken. I guess he thought he was invincible.

Anyway, he didn't rebound this time like he usually does. We spent an agonizing couple hours trying to decide whether or not to go to the ER. Finally, we decided to tough it out until morning. It was a really long night. Jonathan is the only one who slept much. Although at some point Kris did find out that the little guy had actually jumped off the fort, not fallen. He wants to be a marine you know.

Kris and Jeremiah were waiting at the doctor's office when they opened at 8:00 this morning. Turns out he broke his radius at the elbow and dislocated his shoulder. He never told us that his shoulder hurt.

Dr. T found an orthopedic guy that could see him at 3:15. Now here's the funny part. She said, "Jeremiah I sure hope you've learned your lesson about jumping off things." And my little genius replied, "Ya, next time I jump off something I'm gonna keep my arm up."

Well, Kris was not too content to spend all day with a 5 year old in extreme pain, plus she didn't want to spend all the gas of driving back and forth. So she took the x-rays and her cell phone and called around until she found a doc that could get them in a little earlier. They went in a did paper work and then went for lunch. When they got back the doctor saw them and splinted the arm which made Jeremiah feel much better. When Kris asked about the shoulder the doctor said that the x-ray did look like it was dislocated but he was feeling it and everything was where it should be.

Turns out Jeremiah said that the last time Kris put him in the carseat he heard his shoulder pop and it felt much better after that. Funny little kid. Apparently the muscles had finally relaxed and he relocated his own shoulder, albeit accidentally. I think he'll make a good marine.

Thankfully there was no damage to the growth plate and he is sleeping peacefully now. Y'all pray for us. We need it. There is never a dull moment around here.