About a year and a half ago Douglas broke his collar bone at a water park just before he was to play in the Babe Ruth World Series. It was such a sad time for all of us...one that just now brought tears to my eyes as I re-read the account on my blog. It was such a bad break that we opted to fix it with surgery.
This plate has been bothering Douglas quite a bit so we decided it had served it's purpose and it was time to get it out. 2 weeks ago we did just that.
I had to throw this picture in. How often do you get to capture your kids at their finest moments? Russell took care of Douglas while I stayed home with Mason. This was another out-patient put-you-completely-under procedure. One that costs $5700.00 just to use the hospital! This time instead of coming out of the anesthesia crying and saying how much he wishes he could play baseball Douglas asked for his cell phone. Much less heart-breaking!
Here is the hardware we never got to see in person:
I added the chapstick to get a good size comparison. All of the rulers seem to be missing! There are supposed to be 4 screws but as they were washing them off one went down the drain. We were thinking of making them take the sink apart to get it since we were originally charged a whopping $197.60 per screw and $1481.90 for the plate but Russell told them not to bother!
Now this hardware sits on Douglas' shelf as a super cool souvenir. That's some awesome show and tell if you ask me!
The incision is healing nicely. They cut his old scar off to make a new and nicer scar. Now if he would just put sunscreen on it! He can do most everything he normally did but he is banned from any contact for 4 weeks while the holes in his bone heal. Shooting hoops are okay, playing basketball is not. Throwing a baseball is fine, sliding is not! He has been a baseball practice observer rather than a participant and that has been frustrating for him. He just started swinging the bat again this week. Team tryouts are on February 28th. The goal was to be ready by then. I hope the new shoulder does him well! He loves this game, works so hard and has been through a lot. I see good things in his future!
This plate has been bothering Douglas quite a bit so we decided it had served it's purpose and it was time to get it out. 2 weeks ago we did just that.
I had to throw this picture in. How often do you get to capture your kids at their finest moments? Russell took care of Douglas while I stayed home with Mason. This was another out-patient put-you-completely-under procedure. One that costs $5700.00 just to use the hospital! This time instead of coming out of the anesthesia crying and saying how much he wishes he could play baseball Douglas asked for his cell phone. Much less heart-breaking!
Here is the hardware we never got to see in person:
Now this hardware sits on Douglas' shelf as a super cool souvenir. That's some awesome show and tell if you ask me!
The incision is healing nicely. They cut his old scar off to make a new and nicer scar. Now if he would just put sunscreen on it! He can do most everything he normally did but he is banned from any contact for 4 weeks while the holes in his bone heal. Shooting hoops are okay, playing basketball is not. Throwing a baseball is fine, sliding is not! He has been a baseball practice observer rather than a participant and that has been frustrating for him. He just started swinging the bat again this week. Team tryouts are on February 28th. The goal was to be ready by then. I hope the new shoulder does him well! He loves this game, works so hard and has been through a lot. I see good things in his future!
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