1st Break

Considering we have four boys, I think the odds were against us. It just so happened that on Wednesday afternoon, after enjoying a beautiful sunny day at the park, I took Elijah to his flag football practice at the park. We had just arrived and Brandon ran over to the large playground. I turned to check on him before walking over to the field and immediately saw him falling about 6 feet off the playground structure and landing on his back. Brandon jumped right up holding his left arm and I ran over to see if he was okay. After checking his arms he sat on my lap and fell asleep. Once we were home Mike took a look as well and then decided that he should be taken in for x rays. The nurse practictioner we saw said she thought it was broken and gave Brandon a sling but said to get into the doctor the next day for x rays. Needless to say the next day, after having to drive to Seattle for x rays, it was determined that he fractured his left clavicle (collar bone) and would need to continue to wear the sling until his next doctor appointment on November 12th with the Orthopedic Specialist. Brandon was very upset about getting x rays the night it happened but wanted to talk to his older cousin Richie, because he had gone through the same thing a few months before. Richie was so sweet and called up Brandon to tell him that it was going to be okay and I could tell that it meant a lot to Brandon to have him tell him it would be okay. My sister came and hung out with us at the doctors office the night it happened and took the first picture for me. Thanks so much for everyone and their concerns for Brandon. He is doing much better, still a little sore, but moving around better. He is wearing a lot of button up shirts for the time being:)