Arm Update # 5

Wednesday we had another doctors appointment for Ben. At his last appointment they told us the cast would be coming off so we were more prepared than last time. We made sure Vince would be able to attend and I made sure to have his lovey and blanket with us. We also talked about what was going to happen so Ben was more prepared. But as much prep work as we did it was still bad. Ben screamed bloody murder the whole time they cut the cast off. Poor guy. Thankfully it doesn't take very long. After the cast came off and we got a look at his poor little arm. His skin looked awful and he has a sore on the inside of his elbow. Then is was off to x-ray and off to our room. Vince was the brave on and washed his arm like they told us to do. Ben was a trooper and didn't cry! Ben's NP Angela came in and said it was looking great! The clean break was totally healed and the bad break looked pretty good. But the next step was undecided-put another hard cast on, do nothing, use a splint or put a soft cast on for 10 more days just to be safe. She went to get Dr Latz and after much discussion we all decided that he is still a clumsy toddler who falls daily that a soft cast would give us a few more days of healing. The great news with the soft cast is that while it looks like a hard cast it is more flexible and next week I just peel it off! Ben picked red to match his up coming fire truck birthday party! We have to go back on the 20th for hopefully our last check-up to ensure he is using his arm as he should be.