So my last post was about fun things...this is about something not fun and a big nasty surprise. Tuesday Kameron went in to the orthopedic surgeon to get his full arm cast on and got the crappy news that the bones had slipped and were starting to heal incorrectly. He then got the extra not fun news that he would need surgery ASAP... like early the next morning. Big Big Bummer!! The doctor said that he would definitely need to pin his radius into the correct position...and would MAYBE need a plate inserted as well. We are looking at him being in a cast a long time. All his future appointments and the removal of pins etc. knock him out of his week long Scout Camp too. Seriously...this kid is watching all his summer fun slip through his fingers. Not cool.
Thank heavens that the surgery went well and a plate did not have to be inserted. It is a wonderful blessing that surgery like this can be done and regardless of it's inconvenience it is still pretty miraculous. Kameron was a trooper and very brave. Now he has two seriously gnarly...and manly...large pins in his arm to impress the ladies and an enormous green cast up to his armpit. His buddies were all daring him to go with a pink cast. Ha ha.
Kameron had quite the unexpected support team at the hospital besides his loving parents. It turned out that a friend of ours who is an anesthesiologist was working that day (he wasn't assigned to Kam) but he came in, teased, and joked around with Kameron and had him laughing. Kameron's nurse turned out to be the sister-in-law of his 4th grade teacher, Mr. Weller, who Kameron loved. Even better Mr. Weller has a twin brother (married to the nurse) who used to go into their classroom quite a bit and volunteer and play tricks on the kids by switching places with his brother...anyway...HE works in med surg and was there and came to say hello and to wish Kameron well. We also saw one of Kameron's old Primary leaders who works at the hospital. Aunt Kelley works there and was able to check on Kameron. Then this was the most hilarious... Kam went in and out of sleep quite a few times as he was fully waking up and he would ask a question here and there or say something. One time he woke up and told me that he was seeing double. The next time he woke up he said "I think I see my dentist." I laughed at his odd hallucination until I looked over and there WAS his dentist!! Our dentist was there to do some oral surgery on some kids that needed full sedation and he came right over to see what was going on, why Kameron was there, and how he was doing. Kam told him about his injury and our dentist jokingly said "Let me see your teeth!!" Kameron obliged and then Dr. G said "Well thank goodness those are fine!!" Having all these people who know Kameron and came to see how he was doing made a world of difference to him and helped him be much more relaxed. It was pretty great.
Kameron did well last night considering everything. Today I had him stay home from school and I am really glad I did!! Hopefully tomorrow that blasted arm will be feeling a bit better. Thanks for all the phone calls, texts, FB posts, and Instagram comments. He has gotten quite a kick out of them!!
Love that kid!!
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