Like Father Like Son. Yup, Delaney is a chip off the old block, especially when it comes to his ability to put himself in a doctors office or better yet, an Emergency Room. And that`s exactly where he ended up Sunday afternoon after a very brief but somewhat eventful trip to the local sliding haunt here in Yellowknife, Bristol Pit.
It was about 3:00pm Sunday afternoon, the kids had finished up Squash, and were starting to get on each other`s nerves around the house (not to mention getting on ours too!!). We decided to take them sliding at Bristol Pit, and they were quite eager to do so. So I inflated their new double-slide, which Flo had recently picked up at Wal Mart. After about 10 minutes we were ready to head out.
Upon arriving at Bristol Pit, it was clear there weren`t many others out. I assumed it was because of the time and being quite late in the afternoon also assumed that most people had left for the day. And there was plenty of evidence to indicate that others had been out sliding and snowboarding that day. So the boys gear up, jump on the double slide and off they go. Not 20 feet down, they both roll over and Cace decides he`s had enough for the day. He wasn`t pleased at all. Said we shouldn`t have forced to them go sliding!! Go figure….
Delaney decided he was going to go down by himself. So he hopped on, and off he went. About the same 20 feet down the hill, he started to veer off to the right, and quickly got into `rough` patch. The slide went out from under him and he went bouncing along the edge of the trail. Then he started SCREAMING like nothing you`d heard before. I took off down the hill and looked him over. He was HOWLING. After about 5 minutes he calmed down, I got him back to the truck, and then we headed home. Once there, did a quick triage, and decided to call the neighbour who`s a RN and figured she could settle him down and confirm nothing was broken. 10 minutes later, Flo and Delaney arrive at the door, preparing to head to Hospital on RN neighbour`s advice. 
An hour+ later they both return, with Delaney`s left arm in a cast. Apparently the bang his hand took was enough to FRACTURE the bone which connects the thumb to the wrist and hand. Casted up, he`s good for 2.5-3 weeks before having to go back for follow up XRays.
My First Broken Bone
Like I said… LIKE FATHER LIKE SON. For those of you that knew me when I was young, you`ll find great humor and truthfulness in that statement!
Until next time…
Oh my- its always something! Kids heal so quickly, though. How are you getting his mittens on over the cast!?!
Ah yes… the issue of getting gloves or mittens to fit. Well, for the most part, we couldn`t. But the saving grace (if you can call it that) is those thin stretchy gloves… you know the ones… they barely keep a hand warm, but offer some protection. They stretch over the cast quite nicely. But when he`s going out into the `real` cold, he would put his arm inside his coat and just keep it close to his chest!