Yikes... Crash... Broken!

On Saturday afternoon, Myles had a snowboarding lesson at the local ski park. This was to be his first real snowboarding experience, so we decided to hire an instructor. After 30+ minutes Myles was making good progress and even went down the bunny hill one time. He was starting his second descend, when he veered to the left which sent him down the actual snowboarding hill with the jumps and railings for tricks. He somehow made it almost to the bottom when he went up a jump, flipped over on the railing (crashing his arm on it) and then smashed his face on the ground. (yes, he was wearing a helmet.) So the ambulance was called and he was taken to the ER - the face will heal fast as it is just surface scratches, but he did suffer a broken left arm between his elbow and shoulder. So he has this half cast thing on his arm that locks it in a bent position and then in the sling for support. It was a long evening in the ER and they actually had to put him under a bit so that they could reset the bone before putting the cast on it. It was really freaky to watch and feel so helpless. Myles came out of the sedation and was seeing double and talking slurry & slow (this is all normal due to the meds). He kept asking me why there was 2 of me and why he was talking so funny. But at least he doesn't remember the pain of getting the cast on.

So now he will be at home for the week to keep his arm still and begin healing. The doctor thinks that he should be healed enough by the end of the month when Erik & Myles have their trip to Chicago schedule. Erik told Myles that in the ER last night and we both chuckled when Myles said "Whew!". Such a cute little boy!