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Saturday Nevan broke his arm jumping on the trampoline. He was bouncing with brother Liam, uncle David and his mum’s cousin. The boys were bounced a little high, collided and fell. Liam fell safely but Nevan landed awkwardly and broke his right arm, his Radius, about 3/4 down. As mentioned in my previous post, this was while I was still in French Polynesia. When I finally landed back home he was there to greet me, full of smiles and showing off his temporary cast. Unfortunately that didn’t last too long as a routine visit to the doctor for a cast turned into something a little more complicated. His break (90% complete from being in two pieces) had separated in such a way that the bones were at angles to each other and in real danger of not growing back straight.

Nevan was sent to the hospital for minor surgery, a process where he would be anesthetized, re-broken and the bone manually (forcibly) corrected straight. He started to feel a good deal of pain as he hadn’t been allowed to eat or take medication since earlier in the day. We tried to keep him entertained.

At around 7:30pm it was time for Nevan to be wheeled away to surgery. It pained us to lose sight of his face and wonder what was going through his mind as he was escorted away from all he knew towards all he didn’t know. It had to be scary and we’ll probably never know what went through his mind up to the point the gas took away his consciousness.

A little more than an hour later we got the news that his bone was straight, the x-Rays were presented for proof and we were taken to the post-surgery recovery room. He was there, still out and attached to an IV, heart monitor and wearing an oxygen mask. I don’t care who you are or how serious the problem is; seeing your child plugged in will never be a welcome feeling.

Today he is on medication, we’re to watch for swelling and just make sure he is as comfortable as possible. I’m working from home at his request and might do so this week as much as possible. How do you say no to a little champion?

Photos: http://mike250.com/gallery/v/year/2007/May/

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7 Responses to “The Broken Arm Story”

Rachelle
May 22nd, 2007
6:50 pm

Oh, poor little man! Glad that’s over and he can get on with his summer/move/Australia!
Jen! You Look Mahvalous Darling!
Big Smooches to all! Rachelle

Bill and Debbie
May 22nd, 2007
6:51 pm

Wow, Nevan we hope you are back to your full health soon and I’m sure this won’t slow you up when you move later this month. We miss you all. The new neighbors aren’t half as easy to get to know as you all were.
Don’t forget Us….

God Bless the Doigs

Capn John
May 23rd, 2007
6:43 am

G’day Mike. It’s good that the bendy break was detected early, and I’m glad to hear the surgery went well. Here’s to Nevan making a full recovery!

Chey
May 23rd, 2007
8:42 am

Good on ya Nevan! I remember when Autumn broke her wrist in a high speed collision with the ground. I was so proud of her ability to deal with the pain. I’ll bet you did a great job too And surgery, wow! As odd as it’s gonna sound, congratulations big guy! You’ve been through a lot and if the pics are a judge you were a trooper throughout. Best to ya from Chey, Autumn and many snakies

John Doig
May 24th, 2007
1:01 am

Hi Mike

Just read the email, hope the Nevan is now OK. Give him a big hug!!

Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

John & Penny & Girls

Kervyn, Wendy, Nathan
Jun 4th, 2007
8:37 am

Hi Mike/Jenifer
Haven’t checked my gmail for quite some time, and just came upon this news. Hope Nevan is doing fine and is getting better. Our best “Get Well” wishes to him.
Kervyn

Mike250
Jul 13th, 2007
1:59 am

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Thanks for all the well wishes guys!

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