Another reason our insurance loves us! haha

Our big guy, Noah, had his first medical emergency yesterday at school. So sad!

I was at a hair appointment when his principal called telling me not to panic, but she's sure that Noah broke his arm at recess falling off a slide. She said she didn't call 911 yet, but she will if I can't be there soon! I knew it must not be a regular break! I was practically out the door with clippies & do dads all over in my hair, when I realized Len is about 10 minutes closer to Noah's school. So, I called him & he ran over there. We met at Urgent Care, who took a little peek underneath the bandaging that the school had put on his arm & said "I'll call Primary Children's Hospital & let them know you're on your way." What was underneath that bandage? Geez- we couldn't imagine how ugly it must look. So, we ran to the hospital & they were ready for him. We still waited for quite awhile, but in the meantime they took good care of Noah, who was being very brave but obvioulsy having a hard time. They finally took him to radiology & when they brought him back unwrapped- Len & I had to purposely not freak out & show our emotion at the sight of his totally deformed arm. It was just crazy looking. The doctor came in shortly after with x-ray photos & said "there are 3 types of elbow fractures (demonstrating with a tongue depressor stick) a crack" & he bent the stick, "a bigger crack" & bent the stick in half & "then there's a fracture like Noah has" & he broke the stick in half & placed the broken off portion behind the stick! He said it looks terrible, but it's actually common & they have a lot of experience & success in fixing them. Then he said, "this is where I turn you over to our orthopedic surgeons", & 2 burly guys in scrubs walked in. I think Len & I were in shock! Anyway, everyone was extremely kind & Noah had surgery to repair his bone & attach 3 pins last night about 8:00 p.m. It lasted an hour & was very successful. He's in a sling for a week & then will get a hard cast, wrist to shoulder, for 6 weeks! Ahhh! Luckily, it's his left arm so he will be ok in school & most activities. He was a super trooper & we are so glad that he's doing well. It really put things in perspective being at Primary Children's with so many ill children. We are grateful for our overall good health & are going to continuously pray for safety (especially for these nutty boys of ours!)

Just so it's not all about the grim stuff...I've been wanting to post these 2 cute "Noahisms" anyway:

After school the other day, Noah said to Len & I,

"there's a friend at school who has 2 voices"

"really?"

"yah- his regular voice & his funny deep asthma voice"

"Oh- he has asthma?"

"Yes- can I have asthma too? Pleeeeeeez!"

Here's another one. We were driving down the canyon in the evening & the mountains were shaded with clouds at the top, bright in the middle from the sunset & dark at the bottom. Noah said,

"Those mountains look like one of those pudding cups that you put in my school lunch box Mom!"