Nicholas's Radial Fracture

Every morning, I walk outside with Nicholas as he rides his bike to the bus stop. I stand in the driveway, wish him well, and then return inside where Zachary is still sleeping. Yesterday, I turned to walk inside and heard a crash and a scream. I turn to see Nicholas face down on the pavement, tangled in his bicycle. After running a quarter mile in 1.5 seconds, I started to gently untangle his legs from his bike. He says, “I broke my wrist”… followed by “my nose is bleeding.” His 60lb backpack smacked the back of his head and smashed his face into the pavement. I could already see swelling in his arm and hand, but fearfully looked at his face. He apparently was smacked down on the pavement with a “pig nose,” fattened his upper lip and created a slight bruising along the bridge of his nose. The pediatrician couldn’t get us into the Orthopedic until this morning. X-rays proved my son’s future in medicine. As he diagnosed, his wrist was broken. The beautiful face is fine and the cast will be off in 5 weeks.