It started out as a typical Tuesday. I got the boys off to school, got myself ready to go, and headed up to the food pantry.
I run a food pantry on Tuesdays and am there most of the day. It was a very busy day with lots of clients coming in that needed food and clothing. We even had a family of 10 that had fled from Hurricaine Harvey in Texas.
To say I am exhausted on a Tuesday afternoon is an understatement. Being on my feet on that hard floor most of the day is physically exhausting. Talking with the families that we serve is mentally exhausting. I wouldn’t trade it or give it up. It is a very rewarding thing and I was called to serve, as we all were.
That evening Jacob had a home soccer game. It was against a rival town not too far away. There was a player on the other team that was playing pretty rough and fouling kids, even though the ref wasn’t calling all of them.
Jacob was taking the ball down the field when this kid came in behind him and took his legs out. Jacob didn’t see him & it caught him off guard. Instead of his normal forward roll, he fell face first and caught himself with his left hand.
Next thing we knew, Jacob was laying on his back crying in agony. He isn’t a crier so I knew things weren’t good. Last year he broke his pelvis during a game. The injury was obvious as soon as I saw his arm with the visual deformity.
The trainer got his arm stabilized and I loaded him up in the car, headed to the emergency room. It was about a 40-45 min drive but I was pushing those limits quite a bit.
We were only 15 minutes into the drive when the adrenaline wore off and the pain set in. Things got a little scary. Jacob was hyperventilating and I couldn’t calm him down. He was pale, was tingling all over, his muscles were contracting, and joints were locking up. He kept telling me he was fading and he felt like he was going to pass out. He said he was going down.
I made those last 10 miles in record time, thankful there wasn’t traffic. Upon arrival at the ER, I rushed inside to get someone to help get him inside. Things moved quickly after that. They quickly got him on a heart monitor (he has heart problems), pulse ox, got an IV in, and gave him a large dose of pain medication.
As a former ICU nurse, I was much more at ease when he was hooked up to the monitor and had some pain medicine.
He then endured the standard X-rays which revealed a fractured distal radius (through his growth plate), and an ulnar styloid fracture. He needed a reduction that night. This meant some Ketamine for conscious sedation.
The link to my Vlog is below. Check that out to see how he looked when he first got to the ER. You can also smile at his silliness when waking up from the sedation.
Things sure change quickly. As a senior in high school, his soccer career is now over. He will spend the rest of the season on the sidelines. With all the tragedies happening right now, we just have a 6 week or so inconvenience. We just have to regroup as I now have to drive him everywhere again. There are many fall things he had scheduled that he will no longer be able to do. Many classes at school that are going to be impossible.
It could always be worse. I’m thankful that I was that crazy mom that takes clips of videos at all his games. I didn’t wait for that one game later. You never know when there is a later. You have to live in the moment and enjoy those memories as you make them.
Check the Vlog:
Owch what a painful experience for your son, what a shame he will have to spend the rest of the season on the sidelines 😦
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Oh man, I’m so sorry for your son! That sounds and looks painful. I’m sorry that other player was being so dang rough.
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My kids play sports and my son never complains of pain. I can’t even imagine how hard that ride to the hospital was. I saw the video about how the bone didn’t slip. It never ends with kids.
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So sorry to hear that he was hurt. My daughter broke her wrist (she’s an equestrian) after falling. It’s so hard when they are sidelined from the sport they love.
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I am so sorry that this happened to your child. The ref should have cake that child out of the game. There’s no reason to be that rough to the point that somebody has a broken bone. I’m glad that he is OK though.
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Yes that’s what we said. He should have been carded at least because he continued to play like that.
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Wishing your son a speedy recovery. Ours was last year. Wrestling match at school and my kid broke his ankle. Time froze and it seemed like forever for me to make my way down to him. It was his first sedation and provided us with smiles amidst all the chaos.
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Ugh. Time certainly stands still. My son broke his wrist wrestling when he was 4.
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I bet that was such a painful experience. I’ve never had an injury such as this one but my kids have. They healed well and I think it hurt me more than them when they had a broken bone from sports or playing.
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OMGosh! wow! this is a mother’s worst nightmare. Sending light and healing Jacob’s way so he can be back on the field and dominate!
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Life adjustment is happening. Hope your son heals quickly and isn’t to upset over some of the things he won’t be able to do for awhile. Parents worse nightmare when a child get hurt.
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How terrifying! When my son was 8, he broke his arm from a very short fall on a jungle gym. He just fell a certain way and his arm was dangling in a way that wasn’t normal. I immediately got him to the emergency room and they needed to sedate him to set the bone. They recommended that I leave the room because it can be uncomfortable watching your child go under. They were right! He’s fine now, but it’s amazing how quickly your day can change.
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They made me leave the room while they set the bone. It’s always so hard to see your children hurt.
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Oh yikes! That must have been such a scary situation but it’s good that he was able to get right to the hospital. That fracture is pretty crazy!
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How scary. A broken pelvis and now this? Poor guy. Take care of your baby and I’m glad he will be OK.
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Oh wow, I hope he is able to heal quickly! My sons play soccer and baseball, they are still little but I am preparing myself now for those injuries and scary moments. It is so hard to see your child in pain.
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It seems the older they get the worse the injuries are!
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Awww bless his poor heart, I hope it heals quickly and sad thats it for his senior game. I can not even imagine what you must have been going through seeing your child in pain.
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I hope your son has a complete and quick recovery. You’re so right, life can change at any moment.
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Ugh, it sounds like you and your son were put through the ringer. Here’s to hoping there is a quick and relatively pain free recovery!
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