Broken Bones

Last night at approximately 9:00 P.M., as I was leaving the Stake Center, after enjoying a Christmas Musical, Jordynn calls me on my cell phone to tell me that Taige's wrist looks a little funny, is swelling up and he can't move it.  Mark and I quickly hurried home to find both Taige and Chase in tears.  Taige because of pain and fear and Chase crying and scared that he may have caused his brother to break his arm.  Taige had been standing on our tall kitchen stool (thank goodness on the carpet vs. the tile floor) putting a key away when Chase came up and lifted him up to help him down.  As soon as Chase picked him up from I'm assuming his calves, the weight of Taige's upper body flung him over Chase and they both came crashing down hard.  Unfortunately Taige came down with all of his weight on his wrist.  When Mark and I saw his wrist, we both assumed he probably at the least had fractured it.  The top of his forearm is where he hurt the most.  But he could not use his wrist to lift his hand and it was very painful as well.  The Fisher's had followed us home after the program to practice a song, so Mark and Brother Fisher gave Taige a blessing and we were off to the Emergency Room.  He did break his right radius, right at the wrist, or right above it.  That is the larger of the 2 bones on the lower part of your arm.  They put a temporary cast/splint on it from just above his finger tips to half way in between his elbow and shoulder.  They will put his arm in a cast Thursday morning.  Chase is feeling extremely bad for his brother.  He was just sobbing last night and so worried about him.  He of course wasn't trying to be mean - just playing around and not thinking! After coming home and seeing the state Chase was in I couldn't even be annoyed with him because of how bad he felt and how upset he was.  He has a very tender heart and he does love his brother a lot.  This morning Chase gave Taige his $5.00 and was helping him with whatever he needed or wanted before he left for school.  Taige told him to keep his money but Chase insisted Taige have it.  I believe Taige could actually be enjoying this a little.  He's excited to pick out the color of his cast!