The Cast

All weekend we have been telling Austen having a broken arm really isn't all that bad, trying to perk him up a little bit. It wasn't until he arrived at school this morning still splinted and in a sling, that he realized the instant popularity this would create for him. He was instantly surrounded by a crowd of seven year olds and in minutes had told his experience more than I think he anticipated. He didn't stay at school, after a brief stop to talk to his teacher and at the office to let them know he would be late, we were off to the Orthopaedist to see what was in store. He will have the cast for about a month and in two weeks we will return to have more xrays and a new cast. He was delighted when they asked him what color he would like and they actually had light blue. Seeing as he will get a new cast in two weeks he is still undecided as to what color to have next, he is thinking red.

He likes the cast ALOT more than the splint as it provides him with some use of his left hand, they actually said they would like him to use it as much as tolerable. He was so excited about the cast and requested that I return him to school so he could show off his new accessory. When I picked him up after school he climbed in the car and declared "today was a great day!" He apparently had a group of kids around him all day long and was the center of everything which made him totally excited. He started out the year a little apprehensive about school and it has been a really slow start, I think this just sprung him right into things and he is excited about school once again.