I took my kids to the village down the road so I could get a couple pictures. As we were crossing the road to go back to the car Gage tripped over the curb. He landed on his shoulder, hit his face, did a summersault and stood up screaming! He knew right away that he had broken his collar bone.
We went straight to the ER where we did TONS of Xrays, twice. His collar bone is indeed broken and displaced. This morning we had to see the orthopedic surgeon because this is the second time this side has been broken. His outlook was good but he said that he will be in pain for a long time because of the displacement, which is almost an inch. His collar bone will probably be shorter then the other side permanently. I shared my concern that he has broken his left collar bone twice and the right once. The Dr said that this is the number one broken bone in boys Gage's age. He has no reason to believe that Gage has any kind of bone deficiency, so that was reassuring.
We are supposed to leave for Greece on Monday, where we are supposed to travel for 8 days. Brian and I are trying to figure out what we should do about our trip. When Gage has Codine he says he wants to go to Greece. When the Codine wears off, he wants to stay home.
The crazy thing is for weeks I have been telling the boys that they can't break thier legs because of our trip. I guess next time I have to tell them that they can't break ANYTHING!!!!
The first 2 breaks were clean breaks which would explain why he bounced back so fast. For example, the day after the first break he was pushing shut a winter storm door. The day after the second break I had to take him off a scooter. This is a more severe break so we won't be bouncing back so quickly this time. He is in alot of pain and once he gets comfortable he doesn't want to move. The two muscles attached the bone are spasming, making the pain worse.
Please pray for our little guy!
