okay we are just trying to hurry up and get out of here we have to get Tyler to the doctors
and get us cast he is very excited see a letter baby all right have fun all right Tyler we
have to get our stuff togetherso guys we are just going to go get my cast right now I'm
kind of a little excited I guess because my arm hurts in this splint but my mom says it
won't hurt at all in the cast and my dad says that to are you looking forward to getting
your cast yes it's kinda weird that were saying that but I think I would rather him where
I cast than a splint because the cast is going to be stronger and protect his arm better
so were on our way now going up the elevator yet we are on the third floor where the orthopedic
surgeon is how is that arm feeling it hurts it's still hurting yeah like a painful achiness
hopefully they will fix you up here in a minute they will what's your size like 4 feet something
I don't know so you are 9 foot four in the tree I don't know when did it happen two days
ago two days ago okay let's take a look do you like the sling no no I don't either so
were neck and a use that stupid thing anymore do you like this giant thing no I don't like
it is to get rid of that as well so are you right-handed or left-handed I'm left-handed
I do everything else with my right hand oh goodness and what you want to be when you
grow up a football player a football player cool what else do you like video games video
games are cool what's your favorite video game GTA it's hard to keep up with the technologies
days I don't know what the game is every day is different while they pick him up at the
school to you know one of their buddies is playing something and then they want to play
it my son likes playing destiny that's what he's into now destiny have you heard of that
Halo two all right I am going to open this up and you can gently lift your arm out of
it you can lift your arm beautiful did you make somebody mad in the emergency room they
put the biggest thing they could find on your your pretty big guy but not that big are you
doing anything fun over the summer are going anywhere I don't know we are kind of winging
it kind of winging it okay we tend to do that every summer I don't know why we just figured
out as we go that's a fun way to be I don't blame you we are on a schedule all your round
so summer is the one time you're you could do just whatever all right so I am not going
to do anything mean to you do you feel me touching your fingers okay yes all right can
you straighten them out okay that's all I need to make a fist so it is a little bit
crooked now and were okay with that because you're still growing and you're going to straighten
it out and about four months it will be completely straight look normal again what about football
is that a problem not for three weeks usually by three weeks it's healed enough to do whatever
you want to do again we're gonna put you into a brace we don't need a cast you can actually
take it off to take a bath or take a shower or as soon as it starts feeling a little bit
better so it doesn't get too stinky but I've got two basic rules of what to do and what
not to do are you ready for the rules you look a smart kid a better you can figure it
out okay the first rule is nothing with wheels no bikes no rollerblades no rib sticks no
hover boards no razors old-fashioned rollerskates nothing with wheels at mom and dad are not
driving in your are not to go on it that fair article 2nd one is no contact sports for three
weeks other people running into you for three weeks is bad what you will do is take this
which is something that can heal perfectly and turn that into something that might need
surgery and we don't like that part so what we do next is get you into a brace will have
you come back in a week and take x-rays and make sure everything is behaving themselves
make sure that you're feeling okay everything's okay and then we'll see you back in two weeks
after that just for a final check to make sure that your can be done with the brace
then after about three weeks are done with the brace and then you can do whatever you
want nice so that's exciting so the benefit of a brace would it stay on like if it were
just in a cast can you take it off to take a shower or do you just leave it on take up
to take a shower's fine otherwise I wanted on the rest of the time treated like a cast
only you could take it out to take a shower and swimming we leave it on but I found online
there's like a thingy that you can put over it to protect it and it seals it at the arm
that's fine and then that they can wear that for a few minutes and they take it off to
breathe and then that way they still get the plate it's only for three weeks and there
will be plenty of summer after three weeks that is great news we were told 4 to 6 weeks
all that stuff and we were just thinking that's it for summer with the brace I think they
actually heal faster than they do in the cast so really I have had and I when I tell people
is after three weeks it's the same chance of breaking it on the other side and I've
had a couple kids try to prove it and they end up breaking the other side not on purpose
but they got hurt again in the side of their broken before steak healed and didn't break
but the other side broke oh well okay so three weeks you are good okay I have one more question
what about trees no trees Tyler no trees after three weeks it's mom's rules do you have any
brothers or sisters I have a sister you need to keep this the hitter over the head with
I like this Dr. he's pretty funny I tried what your name again Pucket nice to meet you
same here while this is all great news it is you're gonna be just fine so even on day
one he can take the brace off to take a shower yes now in the beginning it might be just
a little bit uncomfortable he might not want to so maybe just leave it on and we can put
a bag on it until he felt comfortable when does the pain subside usually I would say
about three or four more days probably by the beginning of next week he will be mostly
not hurting so maybe when you don't feel the pain then go ahead and do that just so I feel
better okay and you don't need the sling the sling doesn't do anything you can hang onto
it just in case there's another episode but you don't need great and you don't need to
work and will get you into a brace right now okay yea this is so exciting I'm so happy
right now thank you good I'm glad I can help you a lot of summer left to go to go cause
some trouble we were thinking he was going to get a cast but were excited it's only gonna
be a brace Dr. Puckett doesn't really like doing cast is that just the way it is nowadays
they just don't do cast as much he prefers to do braces go ahead and slide your hand
in nice and easy buddy I know it hurts their ego almost there almost there perfect here
are the instructions I'm gonna give these to your mom let's see that show us show me
that cast gunny brothers or sisters yes a sister note no-hit on with it you promised
me no hitting because what it is you have a bar right here and a hard bar right here
if you hit somebody you can really hurt them so no matter how much they make you mad when
it actually heard him it would actually hurt you more and then I would have to put a cast
on you so they still do a cast if it's more extreme for example if his bone was sticking
out I would probably cast them so it has to be really extreme like when I was your age
and I thought a tree and I broke my arm and was in the shape of a Z because I dislocated
everything and that's when I had to go into a cast while there was no brace that could
affix that would about legs we actually cast quite a few legs it's actually quite crazy
do they ever do the brace on the lakes yes we do braces on the legs all the time it just
depends on how bad the fracture is exactly also if we know that the patient is not going
to keep a boot on then we will put a cast on that way there are no shortcuts to it all
right but you are all set to go good to go that's awesome thank you so much Mrs. perfect
I'm so happy so Tyler did you show him yet show daddy so he doesn't have to get a cast
yea I guess that means you get to go swimming still right nope no yet so and it's only gonna
be three weeks and he should be back to normal again so it was a very mild break then it
is a normal break if I got the cash it would take four weeks 4 to 6 weeks technology is
different they don't believe in doing casting is much anymore unless it is a really bad
break if both bones were broken or if the bone was sticking out there would have to
do a cast but since it was only one all right pretty cool yeah so three weeks is not a biggie
can take that off in a couple of days take a shower as normal great so we don't have
to smell him all summer that's awesome so the only thing that we gotta do still is probably
get something to cover its weakness for a couple weeks all that good stuff but the one
place that actually sells it they closed our eyes so that was Tyler's trip to the doctor
yet I could act basically do anything I could before it's just I can't do some things like
contact sports and stuff like that but in a couple days I will be able to get wet and
in three weeks I'll be fine great news so technology today is amazing were so happy
that were he is not to miss out on all summer having fun so that's great news so it if you
guys do end up getting a broken anything just remember that technology today is a lot better
than it used to be so is probably not as bad as you think anyways so we can wrap this up
and say goodbye so until next time goodbye