Under the Knife

First off, thanks to all of you that sent kind words. Alex appreciates every one of them.

Saw the orthopedic surgeon today... special thanks to Dr Steve Nowicki of DBC Masters fame for his quick referral. The orthopedist actually called me before I even got my sub plans finished this morning... Took a few more films, including some of AWfoSho's elbow because it was showing symptoms of breakage, but thankfully they turned out negative.

The diagnosis... a displaced clavicular fracture. AWfoSho must be special because they are calling his a butterfly break, which means that the bone actually shattered into four pieces, two of them resembling the wings of a butterfly.

The treatment... permanent hardware--plates and screws, I guess they can't pin a butterfly break. Alex is scheduled for surgery at 1:30 tomorrow which means I have to write sub plans for two more days. I was proud of the kidlet. He asked the doc all the right questions about risks and anesthesia, and post-op treatment, and recovery, and how soon he can be back on his bike, and how many times the doc had done the surgery, etc, etc... I kinda just sat and watched.

And, on a more joyful note... TK put everybody under the knife at Paskenta yesterday. I didn't get a chance to brag about him what with all the hubbub last night. The boy is a beast right now. He and AWfoSho would have been a pretty wicked 1-2 punch in p/1/2 ranks, not to mention the junior 17/18 races... Maybe later in the Spring. You can find pics of TK and the rest of the DBC Elite Team tearing Paskenta apart here.