Camden's Broken Arm

On Friday, July 11, Camden broke his first bone. Chris and I were at the temple. We got to our car and had a text from Amber Andersen (our neighbor) that Camden fell on the trampoline and might have broke his arm. Grandpa O'Connor was baby sitting but had forgot his phone (and we JUST cut off our home phone!). I wasn't too worried because Camden was super tired that day so I figured he was dramatizing the injury. We rushed home and we immediately could tell it was broke. His arm was bent and definitely not right! Chris took him to the ER where an orthopedic surgeon put on a bright blue cast! Camden was super brave and so tough! The real way he broke his arm was that he leaned a 2 x 4 against the trampoline and tried to slide down it. His shorts got caught on the board and he fell to the side and landed on his arm. It's so crazy that he barely fell a few feet and still broke a bone. It has put a MAJOR damper on our summer,but we're trying to make the best of the last few weeks before school starts. We see the doctor tomorrow and I'm hoping to beg for a water proof cast.
The X-Ray

Lucky for me, he broke his thumb-sucking arm and can't reach his thumb to his mouth. I told Camden it was my dream come true!





The source of the injury: