Getting the cast off!

 Aidan could not stand the thought of keeping the cast on through Thanksgiving if he didn't have to and I had to work on Sunday so he and I stayed in Virginia a couple of extra days. Brendan, Emmy, Aoife and Declan drove up to MA on Sunday morning and then Aidan and I flew up on Tuesday morning after he got his cast off on Monday. He feels so much better but it's amazing how the joint gets so stiff after just three weeks of immobilization!

Aidan's Cast

 Aidan got the permanent cast on today. It's fiberglass and really really hard and a bit lighter than his first cast. Thankfully he will only have to have it on for two weeks!!  So fantastic because it is such a pain  - especially since he can't bend his elbow or his wrist at all!!

Aidan's Broken Elbow

 Aidan's first broken bone today.  He broke his elbow in the last football game of the season and was such a trooper. It hurt so much an he was so good about it. The hospital was fantastic and really took such good care of him and got us out of there as soon as they could with a temporary cast. We have to go to the pediatrician tomorrow to get the Ortho referral to get a real cast after the swelling goes down a bit. Hoping that this is the last cast he ever has to have!

YHS vs WL

Today was the last game of the season for Aidan's freshman football team. He got to start at quarterback and also played at outside linebacker. He had his best game of the season up until right before the end of the first half when his elbow got crushed between two helmets and he ended up with a broken elbow. He was super tough and stood on the sideline for the second half and even took the bus back to the school. I picked him up and we went directly to the hospital where they xrayed him and put his arm in a temporary cast. Definitely not the way we thought or hoped that the season would end.