Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Sad day...



This is a little late... ok a lot late but hey, its here!  About 6 or 7 weeks ago Konner was hanging out with all his best buddies (also known as cousins) while I was at work. He was riding his bike at the park and wrecked. I got a phone call around 1 to tell me he had fallen. I asked if he was ok, if his arm was swollen, if i needed to leave work to take care of him... you know, the norms for a mom. Joyce said he was ok and he was playing but she would call if anything changed. I got there to pick him up around 5 and things had definitely worsened. His poor little elbow was swollen and he had been crying. I carried him to the car and drove straight to my parents house since my dad has dealt with 7 broken arms between him and my two brothers. He touched it, very gently, looked it over and said, "You need to get him in, I will be very surprised if it is not broken." So...since I have always
 listened to my dad (haha) I took him in.

It happened to be Presidents day and every thing was closed except instacare. I got there and there was a 3 hour wait!! So I put his name on the list and took him to Wendy's to get some dinner. Long wait cut short.... He had to get X-rays done to find out it was indeed broken. He had an ulnar fracture right at the elbow. They put him in a splint and a sling and said call your Dr. and he will decide if he wants to cast it or leave it in a splint since elbows stiffen very quickly. Dr. Thompson decided to cast it... Konner picked a blue cast and wore it for 31/2 weeks. He was so nervous to get his cast off because people had told him they cut it off with a saw. When we got there Dr. Thompson explained everything to him and he relaxed a bit. Konner is doing pretty well with the cast off.... we just have to make sure he gets it all the way straightened out with in the week.
 





Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Weekly outing

I have started planning an activity with the kids once a week so they feel like we get to spend time together doing something fun. Because of our busy schedule if we don't have something planned it wont happen. We plan fun things that we have never done that are usually pretty inexpensive if not free. picnic at the park, trip to star nursery and planting flowers, walks down the river trail, PetCo to look at different pets, and baking. These are some of the fun things we have done. Here are a few pictures of our latest.... Star nursery/planting flowers!