May/June 2008 Heelys Equation

Spencer was riding his Heelys in front of our house. His wheel hit a gap in the sidewalk and he was thrown. He put his arm out to catch himself and broke it right next to the elbow. They put him in a waterproof cast that he was supposed to get wet every day. The next day he was in the pool swimming. When his arm got hot and itchy we used the kitchen sink sprayer and shot cold water through the cast. He was lucky to have a waterproof one, especially here in Florida.

Spencer spent the last 5 weeks of school in his cast and only fussed about it a couple times. The day after school got out he went for follow-up xrays and his arm had completely healed. He was really nervous about getting the cast off. They didn't explain to him (like they did to Sydney when she had hers removed) that the saw would only cut the cast and not his arm. If you look closely at his face in the pic you can see the fear. His arm was so skinny and weak. His doctor told him no running or jumping for a week (yeah right this is Spencer) and that his arm would be back to normal in about two weeks.

Spencer, Sydney, and I left on our cross country road trip later that evening. He favored it for a couple weeks but by the time we got back to Florida six weeks later his arm was back to normal. Yay!