I had a feeling this was coming!

Hello everyone, It's been a looonnnggg time since I posted. But nothing really eventful has been happening in our lives lately and we've been extremely busy. The kids all started swim lessons in March and then Christian signed up for baseball and Kaylie and Camren are playing soccer. Well with all the practices and games I haven't had much time for blogging.

So on Friday Kaylie and I flew out of Washington headed for Utah to spend time with some family and to go to the Taylor Swift concert with My sister in Law and Kaylies cousin. In the mean time back in Washington Pete went on a field trip with Camren and then decided when they got home to go check out the new playground by our house. Little did any of us know that our lives would change after that.

My sister in law, Melinda, picked us up from the airport at 12:30 and then we made our trek back to Smithfeild. She dropped me off at the salon so I could get my hair done (it's way less expensive here). They had a little sign that asked you to silence your cell phone so you could have a more enjoyable experience, so I did! Well while I was processing I decided to check my phone, I had a text message from Pete, Here is what I saw:

(The above pic Peter took at home right before they left for the hospital. The reason it is blurry he said is because Camren was shaking and so was he!) Needless to say, I thought OK either Camren is messing around with his Dads phone or..... that looks like a broken arm...... Then I received a voicemail (would have been nice to get that first) It was Pete he said he was on the way to the E.R. because Camren had broken his arm. Apparently while at the playground he had decided to do the monkey bars, not a new feat for Camren. Well they are pretty high up so he had asked his Dad to stand there in case he fell. Pete was trying to help him gain some courage and told him he could do it! So off he went, he made it across and decided to turn around for a second go. Well he swung out a little to far and fell. I guess he decided in the second he had, that it would be best to catch the whole weight of his body on his left arm and this is what he got:
Wow, can you believe that pic? It makes me have knots in my stomach just to look at it. I can't imagine the pain he must have been in. The picture above was taken in the x-ray room while they were x-raying. I felt so bad that I couldn't be there to hold my baby and make sure that everything was going to be o.k. But Pete did a great job. I guess as a mother though you just want to be there for you babies. The x-ray below is from the top view of his arm, I don't think it shows the break that well. But the next one:

This one is from the side, Oh my! That one gives me knots too! They told Pete it was almost a compound fracture. I knew this was going to happen someday, I mean it's Camren and any of you who know him..... Well lets just say he is a crazy boy! But he is so funny and is always making us laugh, but the last few weeks he has been an accident waiting to happen. Someone smashed his foot in the door at school and ripped his shoe and bruised his toe, then he fell coming up the stairs to the house and stubbed the same toe the next day and scrapped up his elbows, then he was at swimming and bumped his chin really hard on the side of the pool leaving a huge bump, and that was all recently in a 48 hour period, so we knew we had it coming.

This next pic is Camren sedated while they set his bones back in place. Can we all say Ugh. I know there was a reason Peter was there and not me. I mean I would have done whatever I would have to for this little guy, but I think during this part they would have had to sedate me too! I asked Pete why they were holding Camrens hand if he was asleep and he said that apparently because of the type of block they do, the patients body involuntarily moves and his right hand kept trying to grab his left so they had to hold it, his feet were moving too.

Another sedation pic, I'm so glad he won't remember any of that!

This was after he woke up and they had put on his temporary cast. It's made to allow for swelling and then we will take him in to get his real cast on Thursday. I'm glad I'll be able to be there for that. You know the fun part, picking out a color and signing it. Pete said Camren was such a trooper, the E.R. staff said they wished all their patients were as good as him. He wasn't really crying. He has always tolerated pain well like when he gets his immunizations, he jumps up on that table and doesn't make a sound. Now if only we could get his almost twelve year old brother to do that. I haven't quit decided if that's a good thing or a bad thing yet?

Camren is at home and doing well, he actually went to the playground (not something I would have let him do) the next day. He only went down the slide about 80 times but still he could trip and fall and and and.... Oh I guess it's a good thing I'm not there. But he was in some pain that night, I think from doing too much. He has already figured out how to play the x-box, since he broke his left hand and he is left handed and has been passing time doing that with his brother. I hope he heals quickly and we never have to go through this again! Peter did such a great job with him, he had put an ice pack on it and wrapped it in a homemade sling for him with one of my flour sack towels, I'm thankful that Peter was there for him and took such great care of our little guy!