Ryan broke his right arm February 16th while our family was cross-country skiing at Soldier Hollow. He had just fallen and had gotten up when he lost his balance on those long skies and fell again. That's when he broke his arm, both his radius and ulna. It was pretty traumatic for all of us. Ryan has a high pain tolerance but he was in more pain than I've ever seen him. Once they got to the hospital Scott was able to distract Ryan by pushing him all over in a wheelchair. Of course Ryan loved talking to the janitors and anyone else he could find in the halls while they waited for the doctor. They waited for over 2 1/2 hours, Ryan was such a trooper! Fortunately the medical staff put Ryan to sleep while the surgeon set his arm. That was pretty gross. The doctor has to twist his arm all over the place while simultaneously taking x-rays to see where the bones were. Watching the anesthesia take affect was the worst. His eyes were glassy and he didn't look like he was "in there".
A week after his accident Ryan is doing great. He is excited to get his cast next Thursday and hoping to be able to pick multiple colors... He loves showing his arm to every one. Because we were at a church activity everyone knew about his arm and he has gotten lots of get well phone calls, an ice cream sundae, cookies and more ice cream. Ryan told me a few days ago, "Lots of people love me!" It's almost tempting to breaking our arms too...
Ryan hasn't needed any of the pain medicine the doctor prescribed and is just taking ibuprofen. We were told he would be in a lot of pain and that we probably wouldn't get much sleep for the first few nights. We've been so blessed because Ryan sleep through that first night without interruption and every night since then!
