Timber!

So, on day 4 (August 19th) of us living on the farm, Paxton decides to climb our big maple in the front of the house. As you can probably guess where this is going, he falls from the tree, breaking his fall with his left wrist. Glasses go flying and left wrist is completely discombobulated! After a super fast ride to the medical center, a quick x-ray, and doctor visit....we are then on our way, quite rapidly, to Marshall where the Orthopedist is awaiting our arrival at the hospital. One look at the x-ray, a little IV, some pain killers, and Paxton is in surgery getting 3 pins put in his wrist,along with a beautiful blue cast!

He was such a trooper through the whole thing...he was in a lot of pain right up until surgery. He fractured the growth plate in his wrist and dislocated his radius to a pretty bad degree! $8400 later and out for the football season, he is recooperating quite well and is getting the pins out on September 20 and then either a replacement cast or a splint for the remaining 2 weeks! Not a great way to start out his freshman year, but we are very thankful that he didn't get more hurt than that!

Of course, Brad is out of town on a business trip during the action...missing out again, on a wonderfully stressful situation....I think God purposely makes him absent for these things...lol!