On the first day of summer kids went everywhere to play. Sam was all over with neighbor kids leap frog-ing from yard to yard as they found new exciting things to do. In the evening he came home crying and holding his right arm. There was no bruising or swelling but I saw the way he was holding it and it reminded me of when he was 2 and had broken his wrist bone. He had been in Misty and Joe's backyard playing on their monkey bars and had fallen down onto his bum. He put his arm back to cushion his fall and hurt it. Sam slept through the night okay but the next morning I saw how he was holding it and not using it and I knew I had to take him in. X-rays revealed a buckle fracture. First day of summer and he broke his arm! No pools, sprinklers, water balloons, baths, or any water activity (except showering with a plastic arm cover.) No trampolines, monkey bars, running, or any other jarring activity for a month, and then another two weeks until his brace was off. Poor kiddo!
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