Two broken arms :-O

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Chris Himes wrote:

My son broke one wrist about this time last fall, he fell off his
chair at school. Anyway, the cast was much easier to deal with than
the temporary cast, it should allow him to bend his elbows and have
pretty good finger and thumb movement.

You called that one right on!

My son was able to continue
piano lessons with his left arm casted.

Wow! I was thinking we'd have to postpone his piano lessons until
he got them off, even with the new ones, but as it turns out, they've
shortened the predicted healing time to 4 weeks which should coincide
very nicely with the end of his piano teacher's maternity leave

--Robyn

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Louise wrote:
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wrote:

(Robyn Kozierok) wrote:


We just got back from the orthopedist. Matthew has 2 lovely neon casts,
one green and one orange. The great news is they are *not* above the
elbow! And as I had hoped, they give him much more finger mobility.
So from being able to do almost nothing, he has gone to being able to
do almost everything. Yay! Also he can probably get them off in 4 weeks
instead of the 6 predicted by the ER. :-D

Great news!!

Maybe he can go back to soccer now eg? I would think that would be
a perfect sport for a kid who couldn't use his hands.

When I had the old-fashioned kind of plaster cast on my arm, it wasn't
comfortable to do any kind of strenuous sport because when my pulse
went up, my arm would throb in the cast, and it would also sweat, and
at first the jiggling would hurt. I tried running, soccer, and
bicycling, and finally just did lots of walking for 6 weeks (I was
16).


The main issues with soccer would be sweating and other comfort issues
as Louise has noted, and the risk of him bopping someone else with a
cast. They don't let kids with casts play in the middle or high school
leagues for this reason. His league doesn't appear to have any rules
on it, but I think we are going to have him go to practice and work
drills (if he is able to enjoy it) but not scrimmage or play in the
games. But as noted, at least soccer is fairly well suited to a kid
with incapacitated arms


--Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)

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just me wrote:


Wow! The news could hardly have been much better eh! I like the colors,
too. much better than my option of gray inflatable bladder cast when i
broke my leg last year. I hope he enjoys himself without enjoying it *too*
much, iykwim!

While he's keeping pretty good humor about it, we have heard a fair bit
of "I wish I never broke my arms" and he is also getting a bit tired of
explaining what he did to everyone he meets in public. (And now that he
is sporting a pair of neon casts, it's not exactly easy to overlook!)
His older brother has taken over some of the explaining for him

--Robyn

(Robyn Kozierok) wrote in message ...
We just got back from the orthopedist. Matthew has 2 lovely neon casts,
one green and one orange. The great news is they are *not* above the
elbow! And as I had hoped, they give him much more finger mobility.
So from being able to do almost nothing, he has gone to being able to
do almost everything. Yay! Also he can probably get them off in 4 weeks
instead of the 6 predicted by the ER. :-D


That IS good news. So he can eat all by himself. Too bad, he could
have tried the feet method! Neon casts are cool. Did you get some
sharpies in different colors for people to sign them?

We spent another evening in the ER tonight. DD fell and got a hecka
lot of gravel underneath her big toe, and they had to dig it out. Took
3 hours and 3 doctors, one of whom made horrible faces and said he
didn't go to medical school for this! :-) It was gross, but thankfully
it's all out. The wound was the size of a nickel and pure black.
That's ER twice in the last month. I hope this streak is over with.

Marjorie

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Robyn Kozierok wrote:
The main issues with soccer would be sweating and other comfort issues
as Louise has noted, and the risk of him bopping someone else with a
cast.

When our then 4 y.o. broke her wrist, we were told absolutely no playground
activities. The cast affects their balance (perhaps less so if they have
a cast on each arm :-) and their ability to break a fall properly. If
they fall and the hand at the end of the cast takes the force of the
impact, another visit to the ER may be required...

In ,
Robyn Kozierok wrote:

*While he's keeping pretty good humor about it, we have heard a fair bit
*of "I wish I never broke my arms" and he is also getting a bit tired of
*explaining what he did to everyone he meets in public. (And now that he
*is sporting a pair of neon casts, it's not exactly easy to overlook!)
*His older brother has taken over some of the explaining for him

You could get him a T-shirt that says "I fell down, Of course it hurt,
four weeks from [date]" (because everyone probably says "what happened?
did it hurt? how long do you have to have those casts on?" right?)

--
hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net
"uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est."
not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large

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Hillary Israeli wrote:
In ,
Robyn Kozierok wrote:

*While he's keeping pretty good humor about it, we have heard a fair bit
*of "I wish I never broke my arms" and he is also getting a bit tired of
*explaining what he did to everyone he meets in public. (And now that he
*is sporting a pair of neon casts, it's not exactly easy to overlook!)
*His older brother has taken over some of the explaining for him

You could get him a T-shirt that says "I fell down, Of course it hurt,
four weeks from [date]" (because everyone probably says "what happened?
did it hurt? how long do you have to have those casts on?" right?)

Oddly enough, I don't think anyone's asked how long he has to wear the
casts. Or whether or not it hurt. After "What happened to YOU?" they
mostly move into "Can you go to school like that?" "Can you write?" etc...

--Robyn

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Allen McIntosh wrote:
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Robyn Kozierok wrote:
The main issues with soccer would be sweating and other comfort issues
as Louise has noted, and the risk of him bopping someone else with a
cast.

When our then 4 y.o. broke her wrist, we were told absolutely no playground
activities. The cast affects their balance (perhaps less so if they have
a cast on each arm :-) and their ability to break a fall properly. If
they fall and the hand at the end of the cast takes the force of the
impact, another visit to the ER may be required...

His orthopedist said, "No skydiving." He said he could run around and
play as much as he felt like doing, with the caveat that if he sweats,
he may find it uncomfortable. I do see the risk from another fall; but
I think he's feeling a little cautious these days anyhow, so he should
be fine.

--Robyn

"Robyn Kozierok" wrote in message
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The main issues with soccer would be sweating and other comfort issues
as Louise has noted,

And the risk of him falling and rebreaking the arms...
But these are all risks that you can take...

and the risk of him bopping someone else with a
cast. They don't let kids with casts play in the middle or high school
leagues for this reason.

This is where it starts affecting everyone else. Now
other kids could get hurt.

Here in the US any league that would let a kid with casts
even practice would have their liability insurance pulled.

His league doesn't appear to have any rules
on it, but I think we are going to have him go to practice and work
drills (if he is able to enjoy it) but not scrimmage or play in the
games. But as noted, at least soccer is fairly well suited to a kid
with incapacitated arms

Good luck to his coach. I coach young girls (under 10, AYSO)
and I wouldn't let a child with a cast practice with my team.
There are very few drills we run that aren't contact drills.
They could accidently bean another child with their cast,
and that wouldn't be fair to the others on the team.
Soccer is accident prone enough without throwing
hard objects in there.
(Not to mention the AYSO organization would kill me,
being I just included them in the liability and they will
lose their insurance.)

However, at home, in your yard, I'd say go for it, he
could run around, get great at ball handling skills, and
be ready for when the casts come off.



--Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)

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Cathy Kearns wrote:

and the risk of him bopping someone else with a
cast. They don't let kids with casts play in the middle or high school
leagues for this reason.

This is where it starts affecting everyone else. Now
other kids could get hurt.

Here in the US any league that would let a kid with casts
even practice would have their liability insurance pulled.

His league doesn't appear to have any rules
on it, but I think we are going to have him go to practice and work
drills (if he is able to enjoy it) but not scrimmage or play in the
games. But as noted, at least soccer is fairly well suited to a kid
with incapacitated arms

Good luck to his coach. I coach young girls (under 10, AYSO)
and I wouldn't let a child with a cast practice with my team.
There are very few drills we run that aren't contact drills.

These guys are essentially U8 (2nd and 3rd graders) and they run lots
of non-contact drills: dribbling, passing, shooting, etc. In addition,
they frequently have a couple of drills going at one time, so as long
as there is one non-contact drill among them, Matthew can just avoid
the unsafe drills. I spoke to his coach and she is enthusiastic to
have him do what he can with the team, and willing to try to accomodate
him by, for example, trying to have some non-contact practicing he
can do during most of the practice time.

They could accidently bean another child with their cast,
and that wouldn't be fair to the others on the team.
Soccer is accident prone enough without throwing
hard objects in there.

No one has any intention of putting him in a situation where
he could put other kids in danger.

--Robyn