Acrobatic Mishap

Jace had a rather eventful day at gymnastics today. While he was waiting for his class to start, he was doing tricks on the uneven parallel bars. He missed the high bar, and fell back. He reached back to catch himself, and felt his right arm buckle under him. He stood up, walked into the lobby, and told his friends "I think I dislocated my arm." They looked over, and they both started saying "Jace! Sit down!" "I'm going to go get you some ice!", etc. They went and got his teacher, who took great care of him. She had him lay right down because he looked like he was going to pass out. She put ice on it, and covered him up, and sat there with him while her assistant took over teaching the classes.

I was gone running some errands, so when I got to gymnastics I was told by a couple of my friends that Jace had broken his arm, and his bone was sticking out the side of his arm. They had gotten a hold of Bob, who was about to deliver a presentation at the e-center. He was almost to the gym when I arrived. Jace was pale and shaky, and his arm was limp, and a bone was sticking out the side of his arm.

Well, after a trip to the emergency room, we found out that his arm was completely dislocated at the elbow. They put an I.V. in, gave him some morphine, and then some other drug that instantly knocked him out. Jace said: "when they gave it to me, Dad asked how I was feeling, and I said 'a little loopy'. Then I looked down, and I had a cast on."

He did break a few small pieces of bone off of the elbow, but we are so greatful that it was not worse. He has an appointment with an orthopedic doctor on Monday to make sure there is no damage to his growth plates, etc.

Thanks so much to everyone who offered to take our children, thanks to Jennifer who made dinner for our family tonight, and thanks to Jace's teacher and friends who took such good care of him. (Thanks Morgan for going outside to dig ice off the sidewalk with your hands to put in an icebag for Jace!) We feel so grateful to have such wonderful friends!