Except that today's romp on the monkey bars ended badly.
Supracondylar humerus fracture.
Most common with boys, most common under the age of 9, and most common in falls from beds or monkey bars.
Check
Check
and check.
A proper cast is to come, and it will be, he informed me, orange.
Walter did the same thing when he was 8. A fall from the monkey bars at Mission Bay. A fracture in the growth plates. He had surgery and they inserted pins in his elbow. The dreaded monkey bars, I remember someone in the ER said.
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