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I’ve got pictures of the x-rays they took yesterday of Tru’s elbow.  I put them at the bottom of the post so you don’t have to see them if you don’t want to.  You can see if you look very carefully at the first one where the break goes clean through the bone.  The pins are the only thing besides the tendon holding in in place.  You’re lucky because I tried to take a picture of the pins sticking out of his arm when they took the splint off but for legal reasons you’re not allowed to take pictures in there.  It was weird looking.

I don’t know what is going on but we had another almost flawless experience at Kaiser yesterday.  I didn’t have Truman’s card but the receptionist very happily looked up his name and got us on our way.  I had brought my DS Lite to play Super Mario Bros while Truman watched and we waited but we didn’t wait more than 5 minutes the whole day.  From the cast room to the x-ray room to the Dr’s office.  Seriously, we practically walked in each time.

I was cracking up and getting frustrated though because the x-ray tech had such a thick accent that Tru couldn’t understand a word he said.  It was so funny to watch Tru’s face as the man told him to hold his arm up straight but Tru just didn’t get it so the man would repeat it over and over again.  Hilarious.  Of course I didn’t step in and help that would have been too nice of me and the job got done in the end.

I don’t know if I should even mention this but you know when you see pedophiles and sexual offenders on TV they all kind of have the same look?  Well our poor cast tech had that look and I feel so bad even saying it but it creeped me out a little bit.  I didn’t treat him poorly or insist he not touch or talk to my son but I felt bad for him that he had that face and look about him but was probably the nicest guy.  He was really great with Truman.

I can’t give enough praises to our Dr.  She practically bent over backwards when Truman needed to go to the bathroom.  I kept telling her he could wait until after the appointment but she just stopped at one point and led us to the bathroom because she didn’t want to keep him waiting.  It was incredible.  He wasn’t even dancing.

So Truman got a glow in the dark cast again and he’ll have in on for three weeks until they take the pins out then another two weeks after that.  I remember trying to take a picture of the cast glowing last time and it did not work out so I’m not going to try again this time.  Same camera, same results, I’m sure.

Truman had one rough night where his arm hurt so bad he couldn’t sleep but he’s been really great since then.  It’s hard for me not to just let him play with the other kids like normal but this break was so bad and he’s got pins in there so we’re going to make him take some time off of the playground.  I know, it breaks my heart too but as the doctor told us a couple of times if this doesn’t heal correctly he could completely loose the use of his arm.  That’s too scary for me to even think about.

OK, enough with the long post already.  Tru is doing great and we’ll keep you posted on his progress.

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