Monkey Business

Yesterday, our monkey fell of the the monkey bars at school and broke his right monkey arm in two places! We spent the afternoon and evening in the hospital getting the bones set and a cast. Connor had to be sedated - thankfully, so that he doesn’t remember them doing the procedure. Now he has a cast up past his elbows on his right arm. We'll try to post a picture soon.

The hospital experience had a lot to be desired and he went through a lot yesterday. He got to pick what he wanted for dinner last night because he wasn't able to eat anything all day before the procedure. He chose Chips Ahoy, french toast, and chocolate ice cream and enjoyed every bite!

Connor will have the cast on for 3 weeks before he might be able to get a shorter, below-the-elbow cast. All in all, he will have a cast of some sort for at least six weeks. So it looks like we will be changing the venue for his birthday party to something other than the splash park and it will make things interesting on our cruise in July!

He was still in pain last night, but is on some good pain relievers. He stayed home from school today and got really good with having the cast on and starting to use his left hand for things. He was really brave yesterday and we are really proud of him. We know that you would be too!

Two Hospital Visits in less than 12 Hours!

Hi everyone! We're all doing well, but yes, we just completed two hospital visits in less than 12 hours.

Last night during bath time, Connor actually took a shower. It's his latest thing. First he didn't want bubbles in his bath anymore and now he prefers to take showers. What a big boy, right? Well during his shower last night he slipped and banged his chin on the metal frame to the shower door. He ended up with two gashes on this chin and Dad took him to the ER around 8pm. Daddy stayed at home with Marcus.

Connor was so brave and after the initial incident didn't shed another tear - even while he was getting the 6 stitches in his chin! Only one gash required stitches, the other was brought together by the strip things. He got to choose black stitches or blue stitches and he choose the blue. The best part of the night was when Connor got a green popsicle at the end of the visit. We got home at midnight to tell Daddy of the adventure.

Here's a picture of Connor waiting for the doctor!


Needless to say, Connor slept late this morning and we had to wake him up in time to go to our weekly appointment for Marcus at Children's Hospital, which went very well.

So we're very much over talking to nurses, seeing doctors, the co-pays, and anything medical-related. All four of us are going to take much needed naps now.

Have a great weekend!

Kids Do the Darndest Things!

Today was a "snow day." There was a huge water main break somewhere, but it was enough to put the entire county on "boil water alert" and someplaced didn't have ANY water - including Connor's school. So we got to spend the day at home!

This is what happens when an almost-three year old decides to wash his hands...and plug up the sink to make bubbles...and splash!

Note the pooling of the water and bubbles on the floor. Look closely and you can see the lines on the walls where the water ran down. Oh yeah, the mirror was covered with water and bubbles, but joined the pool on the floor before we could grab the camera.

And of course, this all happened less than one hour after the cleaning lady left. Now the powder room is EXTRA clean!