Red, Red Cast
Posted in Trips to the Dr by: Alisa
Can you tell he’s thrilled I made him take this picture? Sorry I didn’t post this Monday but things have been pretty crazy here. Here’s the haps. Scott broke the wrist bone that sits directly behind the thumb. There’s a chip taken out of it and what looks like a prior injury in the exact same spot as well. The deal with this bone is that while most bones have blood flowing into them, this bone has blood flowing out of it so it takes longer to heal. Of course it does.
Scott has his current cast on for four weeks and then they x-ray it again and if a miracle happens he’ll be done, but he’ll probably have to have another cast put on for an unknown period of time up to 12 weeks. That’s right, I said twelve weeks. Apparently that blood thing is a really big deal. We are praying people so we’re going to pray for four weeks and hope for the best.
Scott was back at work Monday for a half day and back yesterday for a full day. He’s supposed to be taking half a day off for the next week or so but you know Scott. He’s go, go, go. The pain is gone though and with the half cast it makes life so much easier. He just has to get used to typing with his left arm bent at an awkward angle.
Thanks for all your concern and well wishes for both of our broken boys hopefully this will be the last broken bone this Summer. Or ever, maybe. But what are the chances of that happening?