Last week Davin went to Sports Camp, something he has been anticipating all summer. The camp was run by his PE coach and computer coach from the school he will attend this fall, so I was looking forward to him meeting them to start warming Davin up to kindergarten (which isn't really necessary because he is really excited to go!). When I dropped Davin off at camp, he seemed a little wary of all the different faces, but he soon found a friend that he knew and then he forgot all about me. Later when I picked him up, the coach told me that Davin had a great time playing soccer and the only moment Davin mentioned wanting to go home was early in the morning when he said he had a cramp in his arm. I had no idea what a "cramp in his arm" meant and didn't think much of it. When Davin was climbing into the car, he stumbled a little and started sobbing in an odd way; the same thing happened again when we got home, a moment of strange tears that wasn't typical behavior. It reminded me of when I was five; I fell on my way into my friend's house for my first sleep over and landed on my wrist. It hurt all night and eventually I went home, unable to sleep. My parents assumed that I was having "first sleepover jitters" and didn't suspect anything was wrong until the next day. They finally took me in to the doctor to discover that I had two fractures in my wrist; other than complaining of pain, there were no outward signs that anything was wrong.
I poked and prodded Davin's wrist and determined that something was bothering him. He was upset about the idea of going to the doctor (he isn't a huge fan of shots), so I wrapped his wrist using freezer pops, and that seemed to make him feel better. We left Rowan with my sister Amy and headed to an urgent care facility; they x-rayed Davin's wrist and determined that he did have a fracture and sent us to an orthopedic pediatrician.
While waiting for our appointment with the doctor, Davin noticed another kid in the lobby with a florescent yellow cast, and he decided it looked pretty cool. When we met with the doctor, he was on the fence as to whether Davin needed a cast or could get by with a removable splint. Inspired by the yellow cast, Davin was determined to have one as well but in red instead. Not ready to give up going to the pool in the middle of the summer, I was glad when they offered to make his cast water proof. So far Davin is pretty excited about wearing his red cast, but we'll see how he feels about it in a few weeks. At least he doesn't have to wear it too long, only four weeks. In the meantime, Davin seems happy to enjoy the extra attention and his rather pricey little fashion accessory.
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