Luke has his cast

Luke has his first cast.  He was incredibly nervous before the orthopedist appointment, I think he was worried about them hurting him.  The orthopedist carefully unwrapped the temporary splint, poked around a bit, looked at the x-rays.  Luke broke both bones in his forearm, between the wrist and the growth plate.  One break, in the radius, was all the way through and the other almost all the way through in the ulna.

Luke selected his cast color to be blue.  Once the cast was on, he let out a big sigh of relief.

Then we headed to school where his kindergarten class signed his cast.  After school he had some treats waiting for him from a sweet friend from church and others in the neighborhood...he was spoiled.

 

Luke's break

After school, the boys on the street have been playing outside in the great weather.  It was a day to play dodgeball.  They were setting up a dodgeball court in our driveway.  While they were waiting for a car to be moved (so the car was not collateral damage in the game), they decided to be silly and play duck-duck-goose.  It was Luke's turn, he tagged someone, ran around the circle and dove right into a spot.  I was standing in the driveway watching them.  Luke immediately popped up and said, "It is broke!"  He has never broken anything before and he has certainly never declared that he broke something (at least not on his body).  His left hand was limp and started to swell.  He immediately went inside, not crying much, but wanted to go to bed.  He was not acting right and could not/would not move his hand.

We decided to take him to the ER.  He was brave and recounted the story of what happened to anyone who asked.  Some x-rays and it was easy to see he broke his arm, just above his wrist, in two places.

Right now his has a temporary splint and sling until he sees the orthopedist for a more permanent caste.

A tiny bit of snow

and the boys are out to play.  The dog was thrilled.  The trampoline is good all year round!

Carter to the Hospital

Carter started feeling bad last Thursday. He vomited several times. Friday, he was feeling better. Saturday, he played basketball in the morning; on the way home he got sick. Sunday, he stayed home. Monday, he went to school and then to basketball practice. After practice he refused to eat, complained of stomach pain and started crying from the pain. Tuesday he played a bit in the morning but by the afternoon he was doubled over in pain. His stomach large and hard. He would not get out of bed for anything. We called the pediatrician, they told us to go to the ER.

At the ER, they treated him as though it could be his appendix. Blood work, an ultrasound...inconclusive so a CAT scan. Carter is miserable and crying, then forced to drink the barium for the scan. He is crying, "Daddy, pray for me. Daddy, pray for me."

He got the scan, no appendicitis but an enlarged colon. Carter was admitted to the hospital from Tuesday - Thursday. A period of time on IV fluids then onto light diet.

He had many visitors. Lots of gifts, which he showed off to the nurses. His class sent him cards, which he poured over and grinned from ear to ear as he read them all (such a sweet group of kids in his class).

Luke missed him and wanted to stay. He kicked off his shoes and crawled into bed with Carter. According to them to room had a cool bed, awesome video games and good movies. As I was unpacking Luke's backpack for the day, I found his watercolor from art. He painted the hospital bed when visited with Carter. It says "I went to see brother." (the picture will only load into the blog sideways for some reason)

Carter's enlarged colon was from an unknown cause, possibly due to an infection. He is to have minimal activity for several days and slowly introduced a normal diet. His pain is gone and wants to eat.

Luke in Camo

Carter was home resting from his unexplained sickness. Luke was bouncing off the walls. Jeremy geared him up and they went geese hunting. Deep into a blind, with things to eat (Luke's favorite part of it all), they sat and watched from geese. While the big boys were talking Luke spotted geese coming in and shouted with excitement "GEESE!" just in time for them to get off some good shots.

Snow in the dark

About a foot of snow came tumbling out of the sky this evening. Heavy wet snow, the kind that is perfect to play in. Carter and Luke could not wait for the morning so they bundled up and headed outside right after dinner for a couple of hours (and I still had to tell them to come in). I could hear their excitement and laughter while I was inside the house. They launched each other down the hills, chased the dog around, climbed atop the piles of snow that Jeremy cleared from the driveway...all more fun when it was dark outside and staying up past bedtime.

Basketball 2011

Basketball season has started. Carter and Luke are playing in a league called Upward. Luke is playing with the kindergartners (it is chaotic and adorable). Today was their first game. The final score was 6 to 4. The Little Cobras, Luke's team, won.

Carter is playing with the 1st and 2nd graders...what a difference from the little Kindergartners. Carter did great rebounding, responsible for taking the ball down the court, and helping his teammates. Carter was confident and in control on the court.

Here's too more basketball games...

School Winter Party

The day before Winter Break, Carter and Luke's class had a party.






It was pajama day at school, lots of yummy treats, story time, crafts and book exchange.

Delivery

Carter and Luke were in charge of delivering Christmas present to some of our fabulous neighbors that help us out through the year.
Ready with their hats, wanting to be like Santa (Luke ended up looking more like an elf).

Time for gingerbread

Instead of a gingerbread house, this year we made gingerbread pops (easier to eat than a house). Luke concentrated so hard on each of his. Carter was doing a lot of taste testing along the way.

Today is Luke's Birthday

It was a busy day for the birthday boy. Luke is 6!

Selected his breakfast - large cinnamon roll, banana and hot chocolate with lots of marshmallows.

Opened some cards from friends and family. He was thrilled with a "singing" card. He propped it open on his breakfast plate so it would play over and over again.

Off to school - he packed fun toys to pass out to his class, celebrating his birthday.

Home - Carter hid Luke's presents so he had to go on a scavenger hunt.

Selected dinner - his choice was popcorn shrimp, sweet potato, corn and a "nut" salad

Followed by dessert - cake, of course, with make-your-own sundae.

Luke's 6th Birthday Party - is he MegaMind?

Luke hosted his friends at the local historic Tally Ho Theater to see MegaMind (the sign says Happy Bday Luke, he thought that was so exciting).












A party room for food and the theater all to the kids. Luke has a blast. There was a lot of popcorn spilled, many bathroom runs, all the kids talking and having fun.
One of the moms put Luke's face on the movie poster (look at megamind, it is Luke!)

School festivites

Carter's class - making a tribal mask. Parents were in charge of placing the plaster pieces on the faces. After drying, paint.

Luke's class - a Thanksgiving craft, snack (corn bread they made) and a video made by the Kindergartners about what they were thankful for...Luke said he was thankful for his mommy, daddy, baby brother, big brother and his dog.