A scant few hours after our mommy left for a three day business trip in California, Xak went superman off the edge of his bed and came up with a new elbow. Same arm, same breakpoint on both bones as the break in 2011. And so, back again we went to Durham Regional Emergency at 10.40 in the evening…

When he had the earlier break, all the medicos told us to be thankful he was so young, because – they said “If he was just a little older, this would be a whole different story.”
And so it was. Instead of getting a temporary splint and two aspirin, he was x-rayed (get the pun?)…

then intubated…

They zoned him out pretty good, set the bones, and put on the primary cast. Here’s the fluoroscopy:

This is what “zoned out” looks like:

We got home around five in the morning. The next day, we were back in business. Rebecca came over to babysit for a while.

And today, just now, our mommy came home…which is why I’ve had the time to post this.

More on this story for the next month or two…….