On Sunday, August 4th we had just gotten back from a family run and were eating a quick breakfast before heading to church. Joseph was sitting in his seat waiting for his pancakes and omelet (the boy won't eat eggs by themselves but loves omelets with spinach, cheese and ham or turkey-no tomatoes though!) and all of a sudden he started crying holding his left arm. Rich and I looked at each other and immediately we knew that he must have twisted it the wrong way causing nursemaid's elbow. Joseph rarely cries but whenever this happens he does exactly the same thing-cries and holds right below the elbow and won't move it. As his doctor told us, Joseph really should be the poster child for nursemaid's elbow as this is his fifth time that this has happened. It all started in July 2012 when Poppa and Nani were visiting and it was popped out at the Children's Museum, then happened again in San Diego in August 2012, then back in Texas later in August 2012 from me putting him in his carseat leaving the doctor's office for an appointment (which made it very easy since we just got out of the car and walked back in to have it fixed) and then on June 1st of this year at a friend's birthday party when Daddy was putting sunscreen on him and now there is this time. We still aren't really sure how it happened this time-we think it might have gotten stuck underneath the chair and he just twisted the wrong way and it slipped out of place-it doesn't take too much to pop it out of place. Thankfully the last time the doctor showed us how to pop it back in so Daddy was able to put his surgeon skills to work and was successful (sure beats an ER bill since it was Sunday when this happened)! He heard it pop right back into place and within a minute Joseph was back to his normal self waving his arm all over the place. It is the craziest thing! The doctor has told us that by his third birthday it shouldn't happen so frequently because his ligaments will tighten and become stronger and the bone shouldn't fall out of place as easily. Four more months until he turns three so hopefully this is the last of them! But, thankfully, if it happens again we'll just have Doctor Daddy fix him up!
Joseph all better later that day wearing Daddy's bike shorts
Glad you're all better little buddy and thankful for Daddy for fixing you up!
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