Garrett Broke His Arm

Garrett fell this morning at Target while standing in the shopping cart. I knew something was wrong when I couldn't get him settled down. He kept holding his arm and crying. I got home, and after calling our local MD, took Garrett to UMC ER. They are very familiar with us there as two weeks ago we had to take Graham in to drink charcoal after putting a mushroom in his mouth! X-rays showed a fracture in both ulna and radius (the two bones of the forearm) at the end near the wrist. Garrett was rewarded with a cast all the way to his shoulder. In two weeks, he can get a shorter cast. The sticker on his shirt in this picture says "I got an Xray!" Garrett did great but after they finished the cast he cried "I want this off." Garrett did get a Mickey Mouse stuffed animal and some new characters to his Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so not all was bad. Lesson learned, the warning about children riding in shopping carts should not be ignored!