A rough fall

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Charlie jumped off a swing and broke the radius and ulna bones on July 29. Poor kiddo.  A bummer way to end summer as all water activities and playground group, etc has to be discontinued. 

I must admit though, he has been a trooper. Despite the medications making him puke for the 24 hours after, he has been rather pain free.

What does hurt though? His heart. And this is probably the hardest for momma to see. We picked Carrie up at a hotel where she was swimming in which Charlie said with a tear in his eye "oh that looks soooo fun." A momma can't help but cry for him. So we walked around hotel floors trying to distract him. Later in the week he said "I'm ready for summer to be over, I can't do anything." Poor babe. 

We bought him a waterproof cast protecter which allowed him to take a shower tonight (he dislikes baths now) and hopefully will allow up flexibility on our trip to Oregon. We have one more week here of finding things to do that involve minimal physical activity and water. 

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