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[Parr8hed]

Both bones in his lower arm/wrist area.

He will see an Ortho on Friday.  I will add pics in further down.

[jsharr ★]

Crap.  Need details.  Hope he heals well 

[Razors Edge ★]

Kids heal fast!  But that still is awful - especially as summer approaches!

[Kirby ★]

Very sorry to hear this.  I hope he heals quickly,  but as Razors Edge noted, it's especially sad to happen as summer starts.

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

Sorry to hear about his injury. I know from personal experience when I was a younger that the words “you’ll heal quick because you’re young” are no balm when everyone is going swimming and you can only sit on the side and watch. Heal up G-man.

[2Far]

Oh, I'ma predicting a cast from around the thumb to over the elbow. Gonna be itchy.

[jsharr ★]

3 minutes ago, 2Far said:

Oh, I'ma predicting a cast from around the thumb to over the elbow. Gonna be itchy.

And the smell.  Can’t forget that cast smell

[2Far]

1 minute ago, jsharr said:

And the smell.  Can’t forget that cast smell

Oh, yeah. My only two (ankle, knee) were a long time ago and in Yankee land, so there was less residual sweat to enhance complicate synergize the resulting aromas smells stank.

[maddmaxx ★]

He might manage a bit of pity from a girl or two if he plays the cast right.

[Airehead ★]

Oh dear, how did this happen?

[Randomguy]

3 minutes ago, Airehead said:

Oh dear, how did this happen?

Oh crap, that is awful!

I also am curious, what happened?

[Parr8hed]

6 minutes ago, Airehead said:

Oh dear, how did this happen?

 

2 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

Oh crap, that is awful!

I also am curious, what happened?

Playing football with friends.  

[Airehead ★]

Just now, Parr8hed said:

 

Playing football with friends.  

It is going to make it hard for him to flip burgers

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

7 minutes ago, Airehead said:

Oh dear, how did this happen?

 

2 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

Oh crap, that is awful!

I also am curious, what happened?

It started when he said, “hold my beer”

[Parr8hed]

[Parr8hed]

[Airehead ★]

I used the laugh symbol not because I was laughing about a FBW but because he was resting his arm on an adventure bible.  That struck me as very funny.

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

2 minutes ago, Airehead said:

I used the laugh symbol not because I was laughing about a FBW but because he was resting his arm on an adventure bible.  That struck me as very funny.

I laughed at that too, the irony is strong.

[Parr8hed]

Just now, Old No. 7 said:

I laughed at that too, the irony is strong.

The healing power of the good word.

[ChrisL]

Dang, sorry to hear. Heal up quickly G-Man!

[jsharr ★]

1 hour ago, Parr8hed said:

 

Playing football with friends.  

[Parr8hed]

2 hours ago, Airehead said:

It is going to make it hard for him to flip burgers

Only the managers can flip burgers.  He usually just takes orders or makes ice cream.

[jsharr ★]

3 minutes ago, Parr8hed said:

Only the managers can flip burgers.  He usually just takes orders or makes ice cream.

They clearly do not understand the concept of management.  How does a manager look at the overall picture and allocate resources if he or she is making sure the food does not burn?  Delegation is key to running any group larger than one.

[donkpow]

1 hour ago, Old No. 7 said:

I laughed at that too, the irony is strong.

I laughed, too. I just didn't tell anybody. I laughed because it didn't happen to me.

[maddmaxx ★]

31 minutes ago, Parr8hed said:

Only the managers can flip burgers.  He usually just takes orders or makes ice cream.

That was the business model at Friendly's when I graduated from high school.  The manager was on the grill.  The grill was up front where everyone could see it.  There were waitresses and the buss boy (me). Night shutdown was the manager and the buss boy.  The waitresses went home at shift end.  Things changed in the following years. New business model followed by bankruptcy.

[bikeman564™]

heal up soon G

[Parr8hed]

Update.....

Surgery to repair on next Thursday

[Razors Edge ★]

2 minutes ago, Parr8hed said:

Update.....

Surgery to repair on next Thursday

Like a few screws?  I can't read those x-rays but nothing seemed TOO awful.  I wonder if the old school "throw a cast on it" treatment from our childhoods is way old, and they're more likely to do screws and plates and the like nowadays.

Good luck to him, though!

[Parr8hed]

7 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

Like a few screws?  I can't read those x-rays but nothing seemed TOO awful.  I wonder if the old school "throw a cast on it" treatment from our childhoods is way old, and they're more likely to do screws and plates and the like nowadays.

Good luck to him, though!

plate and a few screws.  Look at the head of the larger bone there in first x ray.  It is displaced up.  Really hard to see (even for myself that's seen a million of them).  The ER guy pointed it out to me.  We could have tried casting and setting but no way to guarantee that it would stay in that position to heal.  If this was a 60 year old, relatively inactive person that might be OK.  But since he is so young and active it really should be fixed right so it doesn't give him problems down the road.  

[donkpow]

Can't you just buy a new one? One that doesn't break and cost you so much?

[Parr8hed]

Just now, donkpow said:

Can't you just buy a new one? One that doesn't break and cost you so much?

they just don't make them like they used to.  The new ones give you just as many problems.  

[ChrisL]

1 hour ago, Parr8hed said:

plate and a few screws.  Look at the head of the larger bone there in first x ray.  It is displaced up.  Really hard to see (even for myself that's seen a million of them).  The ER guy pointed it out to me.  We could have tried casting and setting but no way to guarantee that it would stay in that position to heal.  If this was a 60 year old, relatively inactive person that might be OK.  But since he is so young and active it really should be fixed right so it doesn't give him problems down the road.  

We had to make a tough decision on whether to have surgery or not after my son broke his hand.  I asked the orthopedic Dr if your son or you had this injury would you get surgery?   He said probably not so we didn’t. 

In hindsight it did affect his grip a little bit as his pinky finger is kinda out of whack.  Maybe surgery would have prevented that.   The only benefit was he could no longer throw a circle change so developed a nasty split finger..

[Bikeguy]

On 5/27/2021 at 7:44 AM, Parr8hed said:

Playing football with friends.  

I broke my right arm/wrist in second grade playing football with friends.   I remember hearing a snap.  The bone wasn't broken all the way thru.  I didn't tell my parents...   I figured it would be OK.

I went to school... tried to pull open the door.  OMG did that hurt.   Then I got a cast.

I went to school...  I told the nun I could not longer write anything.  (Hoping I didn't have to do most of the work.)  I'll never forget the response...   Sister Patricia told me;  "God gave your two hands, use the other one."

Hope your son heals fast...