Hello Grandma, I broke my arm!

Ethan has been holding his arm the last few days, he had a fever all day Tuesday, and he screams every time I put his shirt or carseat on. I felt like something was wrong and asked Kelly what he thought. After feeling his arms last night and deciding the right one was warm, tender and swollen- we made an appointment this morning with our Doctor (which is amazing that he was even in, thank you! thank you!!). They took two x-rays and found that he had a green branch break on the smaller bone in his forearm. It is called a green branch break because his bones at this age are like a green tree branch and instead of snapping they kind of crunch (very technical term used by the doctor!). He is in a sling until Wednesday, to help the swelling go down, then they will put on a hard cast- over his elbow so his bone won't rotate. He will have to wear that for a month!! I was joking with the doctor that I am over 30 years old and have never broken a bone, this kid didn't even make it to 2! We are not surprised by this- remember this is our REALLY busy guy who climbs and falls 50 times a day! It is still SO sad to see our little man tugging at his bunny sling, wanting to free his hand because he has things to do! I have a feeling I will not think the same thing about the hard, blue club he'll be swinging starting on Wednesday!