Alright. As some of you may have seen from our blog, Ethan had a cast on his left forearm, which ended his baseball and swim season. Here's the Scope. Megan was invited to a birthday ice skating party at the Ice Den in Scottsdale, by the way their staff have crappy first aid training. Nicholas and Ethan were included in the invitation. Well when it finally came time to skate, Ethan was presented with a critical choice - choose uncool men's figure skates, or really cool hockey skates, which for those of us that don't spend a lot of time on the ice, Hockey Skates blades are extremely sharp, especially in comparison to figure skates (just keep that tidbit in mind the next time you take your kids ice skating)... Anyway Ethan is out of control at best on the ice, at one point falls, which when he does, he puts his hand down to steady himself, and in doing so, cuts his palm just below the thumb. We found out later that the cut was deep enought to cause serious damage to two tendons.
3 hours in an ER in Scottsdale
2 weeks in a soft cast
numerous visits to a hand specialist
4 hours in out patient surgery to repair tendon damage after the soft cast comes off
4 additional weeks in a hard cast to recover from the surgery
All this for....
4 complimentary passes to the ice den (which the management at the Ice Den sent to us after the accident), next time we want to do something fun (priceless)
Ethan did have a great attitude during the whole ordeal, which included a trip to Mexico and numerous swimming outing at friends pools
And for all you anxious bloggers, we'll update you on his latest cast experience before the cast comes off...
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