Danny broke his arm on March 27, but didn't get a cast until 2 1/2 weeks later - Crazy! It was a Friday, and at the end of school he was playing basketball and someone tripped him and he fell. He came home in a lot of pain but was really upset because it was supposed to be his first Scout camp-out that night. I was worried because he broke the same elbow when he was three, and then last year he hurt the same elbow and had to wear a splint for a month.
Brad took him over to see Steve Mousser (who is a pediatrician and Brad's 1st Counselor). He said that he didn't know, but if Danny wanted to go on the camp-out, Steve was coming home later that night and he could bring him home if he was in too much pain. So, Danny set off on the camp-out holding his arm to his side. I was worried, but grateful that Steve was there. Well, Danny never came home that night and everyone said that he seemed to do okay. He got home the next afternoon and as soon as he came in I could tell he was in a lot of pain and his elbow was swollen. Brad took him to get it x-rayed. They said that it seemed broken, but they couldn't find the break. So, they put in in a splint and a sling and told us to go see a specialist.
On Monday, he got checked out and Dr. Peterson said that he thought that he just really hurt it but that it wasn't broken. He said to come back in a week and he bet it would be a lot better. We went up to conference and it didn't seem to get any better. He had a lot of pain, tingling, numbness, all sorts of stuff. When he went back to the doctor, they decided it was broken after all. Poor Danny :( I guess it's a really good story that he hiked to the top of Superstition Mountain with a broken arm. What a tough guy!
Okay, so I just went back to last year to look at the picture when Danny had a hurt arm and just realized that it wasn't the same arm. All this time we were concerned because we thought it was the same elbow!
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