Goodbye Cast!

Today was another appointment for Ashton.   They first removed the black cast.  After that, they took more xray pictures of his arm to make sure the bone still looked good.  Everything looked great!  Hooray!

Goodbye UK Blue Cast, Hello Boring Black Cast!

 

Today we took Ashton back to the Kentucky Clinic to have his arm re-xrayed and to get a new cast put on.  After the xrays they determined his arm was healing great and he could proceed to the new cast.  He chose black so no one could sign it.  He did not like the cast signing process.  He felt it made his cast look dirty!  The pictures show the nurse removing his old blue cast, the pins that kept the bone in place (which they removed today), and putting on a new black cast.

 

 

 

 

 Patiently waiting for his appointment

The process of getting his original cast cut off.

The nasty pins.  When they pulled them out they used vice grips and blood squirted out all over.  It was disgusting, but didn't hurt Ashton one bit.  We were surprised how long they were.  Approx 5".

The first step in getting cast #2 on.

This crazy contraption is used to help the patient keep his arm at a 90 degree angle as well as helping aid the patient not get too tired holding arm up.

Happy with his new, clean cast!

1st Post Surgery Follow Up

Today they cut the top layer of his "split" cast and added a UK blue hard cast.  They did not take off the entire first half-cast.  This made his already big and bulky cast, bigger and bulkier.

Ashton's Recovery at Home

Ashton stayed home Monday and Tuesday following surgery and then did half days the rest of the week.  He was lucky and his student teacher did all his writing for him (even though he is right handed and the broken arm was his left).  He had a hard time with the cast since it was very big and very heavy. 

Ashton's Broken Arm - Part 3

It is about 7am and he is off to surgery!  What a scary moment for a mom to see!

His wonderful nurse put "A Dog with a Blog" on the computer monitor for him to watch while waiting.  He was nervous, but a trooper!

AFTER SURGERY!  He had a very successful surgery where they placed 2 pins into his elbow to secure the bone.  The pins were about 5" long.

Time to go home!  It was Super Bowl Sunday and we were hoping to get home in time for the kickoff.  We were successful!!



Ashton's Broken Arm - Part 2

We arrived at the hospital at about 2ish in the afternoon.  After they did the 2nd xray session it was determined he needed surgery to straighten out his bone.  We were in a holding pattern as to if the surgery would be tonight, or tomorrow.  By 7:30ish in the evening it was decided that surgery would wait til the morning, first thing.  There were several surgeries ahead of Ashton that were more serious.  So they wheeled him to his new room for the night. 

I (Amy) stayed with Ashton that night while Matt went home to be with the kids.  Matt did bring us back some overnight supplies and he brought the kids up to the lobby.  Because of the flu outbreak, they were not allowed in any of the hospital rooms.  It was nice being able to see them before bed.  This was new territory for us - to be separated.