The Daily HUD & Maddie, too!: The Supercondylar Fracture

Yesterday Hudson had swim class, just like he does every Saturday morning. He was the only one in the class for the first portion, so he got some extra time in the pool. That's all well and good until his eyes start burning from the chlorine. When he returned home from swim class he was literally crying and just generally upset...it's also worth mentioning he woke up at 5:30AM and was pretty crabby, let's be honest...anyways, Scott and I were getting us all packed up and ready to head out for our "staycation" at the Gaylord Texan and since Hudson was so upset about his eyes, we told him to lay down in his bed and just relax for a little bit, which he did (surprisingly).

We'd been talking up our "staycation" for a week or so and Hud was really excited about it, so he just decided to get out of bed and get going. With his eyes really bothering him, he tried to climb out of his bed and this is where the fun begins... I was in the kitchen when all of a sudden I heard screaming...I rushed into his room and found him laying on the floor crying. I picked him up and hugged him, and when I looked over, his elbow was bent the WRONG way. HOLY COW!!

I yelled up the stairs to Scott, "WE NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL NOW!!!!!!" He grabbed Madeline, we all got in the van and Scott drove record setting speeds to the hospital (thankfully, we made it there alive).

Hudson was hysterical. He was screaming so loud when we walked into the ER that they called us back immediately and put us in an isolation room. Within 45 minutes Hudson had x-rays, an IV, some morphine and a diagnosis from the doctor that he had a "supercondylar fracture" which would require surgery to repair. Appartently this is a very common fracture in kids, but the surgeon said he usually sees it around age 6 or 7, not age 2. Well, he doesn't know Hudson. We must have explained what happened 100 times, but it wasn't until Hudson's morphine kicked in that we heard the TRUTH about what really happened. When the doctor asked him what happened he said, "I bounced. I bounced on my bed. I fall down..."

Well, that explains it.

He had surgery around 4:30PM yesterday afternoon, was out around 5:20PM and we were in a room by 7PM. The four of us spent the night together in his hospital room, and I must say, after that, I'm pretty sure we can handle just about anything. What a night! Hudson was a real trooper, he made us so proud. We were discharged around 10AM and he's been resting ever since. He's wearing a cast and is set to see the surgeon again in about 10 days, then he'll continue wearing the cast for 3 1/2 weeks. It's going to be a long month. No swimming. No rough playing. No baseball. No soccer. No playing outside. YOW. ZA. Anyone want to come visit???