Daddy and I got a sitter for the fourth and went downtown. We had an awesome time and even met up with our good friend Jimmy. Thank goodness because the next day was stressful!
Camden had a little anxiety the day of but was in great spirits. I think he was liking the one on one with Mommy and Daddy.
The one part Camden was worried about was having an IV put in. Turns out he had nothing to worry about. The nurse gave him some Valium and my already goofy Camden turned into a bigger goof!
I of course woke with pink eye and a cold that morning..... awesome
Once the Valium hit fully, Camden crashes his head down. They must time it because as soon as that happened, they came in to wheel him to the OR.
The worst 2 1/2 hours EVER! And, especially after the surgeon came out a half hour into the surgery to tell us there was a complication. Turns out Camden had also fractured his growth plate. When he tried to put the pin in the bone, the bone broke off (dislodged from the wrist). No one caught this fracture on the 4 X-rays he had. I guess that is common though (not seeing a growth plate fracture). So the surgeon put a steel plate with pins in. The two surgeons that have been dealing with Camden's case, says this is something they have never seen. Which makes us very confused?? The rest of the surgery went fine. We got to see the X-ray of his arm now, WOW....poor kid has a steel arm!
Camden came out of recovery better this time. He lit up when I showed him the super hero Lego we picked out. They gave him a "blocker" that numbed his arm for 15 hours. At first Camden was worried not feeling his arm but as soon as he understood it was temporary, he calmed down.
We were told he would have swelling. Our discharge directions were to elevate and ice. He was discharged with good pain killers thank God.
The first night home went great. I think having the blocker and good pain meds was the trick. He did wake in pain but once the medicine kicked in he was fine. And, boy was he talkative on it!
Our friend Jimmy was down with his company to help restore power from the storm we had. He surprised Camden by stopping over. Camden was a little out of it when he was here. But, I know it meant a lot to him that his Godfather came to visit.
The swelling kept getting worse. He was good about keeping his arm up on a pillow...but he's 7 and was not going to lay down for 24 hours. In a way, I wished they had kept him overnight. We iced and did all we could but we had to call. The surgeon didn't call back so we went to the ER. Not knowing they didn't have a pediatric surgeon at this hospital, we should have called the office. The ER was great though. They called the surgeon on call for us. We were discharged and went to the office. It was a Saturday night so the surgeon opened the office for us. He was SO nice. Split Camden's cast, and very soon after, Camden had relief.
All has been well since! I have to say "Don't jump off the table", "Don't run", "Don't climb the counter" 1000 times a day. He no longer needs any pain meds. He is very good about keeping his arm high on a pillow many times a day. Friday he will finally get a hard cast on!!!
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