Kail's injury

For those who have not heard or don't know much, last Thursday, the 28th, Kail broke his left radius. If you don't know what that is, it's one of the two bone in the forearm. We took him to the Instacare clinic where they took x-rays and confirmed that he broke his arm and that the bone was bent. The doctor there splinted his arm, gave his some Motrin and told us to follow up with our primary care doctor within the next few days. The problem with that is that the doctor at the Instacare clinic didn't set Kail's bone. He gave the excuse that Kail would probably need anesthesia for the procedure of setting it.

So I took him to a doctor the next day who is now our primary care physician. He reviewed the x-rays from the night before, looked at Kail's arm outside of the splint, and set it right then and there. He didn't warn either of us, he didn't ask, he didn't even blink when he grabbed Kail's arm. He just grabbed Kail's arm right out of the splint, tugged on his hand a little and squeezed Kail's arm where the break is to set it back. Kail cried his little heart out, but he was a champ. He didn't fight or kick, he just let the doctor do what he needed to do.

After the doctor set his arm, they splinted it again and gave him some sticky wrapping stuff that they usually use when blood is taken around the splint to make it look cool and because he was so good. That's what's on his arm in the picture above. Jason and I are not happy with the doctor from the Instacare clinic. It's basically a sign of laziness.

Today we took Kail in for his cast. He's doing really well. The bone was at a 22 degree angle when it was first broken and is now set at a 17 degree angle. The doctor said that they don't do anything to a broken bone that has an angle less than 20 degrees because it will heal correctly on its on. We go back in 3 weeks to have this cast taken off and a cast that will cover just his forearm put on. Today he was much happier with the doctor. There was no squeezing of his arm and the cast went on fast and painlessly.