Broken Wrist: A Short Story

When we got there my parents were in the lobby my mom crying in my dad's lap. We hurried to the x-ray room. When we got there they put me to sleep for I would not struggle. When I woke up I had my parents in the room and a cast on my leg. My mom came up to me and said, “Your leg, it’s broken”

Have you broken your arm before? I have it was the worst day of my life want to know my story well. Here’s my story.

After much debate, it was decided I was in fact NOT faking an arm injury and I was taken to Urgent Care. There I was X-Rayed and determined to have no fracture or break… I got a sling and a pat on the back. I returned home feeling very weak and wimpy, but my mother was not as sure that I was fine. The next day, I went to an orthopedic doctor who took one X-Ray and determined I had in fact broken my elbow. I was casted and told to come back in six weeks, little did he know I would be back a little

It was not long before I went to the doctors and got an x-ray confirming my foot was broken. The doctor told me I would have to wear a boot and crutches for six weeks. I giggled as I was always curious how it is to be in one of those cool boots. I miscalculated this small crack and chip on the x-ray and figured I will be alright. To be honest, I was relieved since my

One day when I was about 8 years old I wanted to learn how to barrel race. So my uncle decided to teach me how. I was pretty small so he allowed me to use his short horse. The first day went pretty well I got on and me and my cousin went for a little ride to warm up. When it was mine turn to go around the barrels we started at a walk. Everything was going great until I pulled at her mouth to hard and she reared up. I fell off and when she turned to run away she kind of stepped on me and broke my arm. It didn’t hurt at firsts but when it did I balled into tears. So I was takin to the emergency room and they had to give me a cast, it was blue and hard like a brick.

Over the summer of 2009 I was playing with my friend Carissa, at Rohner Park, while we were playing on the monkey bars after a while of jumping off and landing on our arms to many times my bone gave out and i broke it. While screaming in pain my dad tried to ask someone for a cellphone to call my mom to come pick us up and take us to the hospital. When my mom finally arrived my dad rushed me into the car so we could go to the hospital. While we were in the car i told my mom to go faster because the pain was really starting to hurt.

When my mom got there she took me to the emergency room. The doctor took me for x-rays and about an hour later he came to me and said that it was broken. My heart sank. Then I asked him, “Will I get to do anything?” He said that I wouldn’t get to do anything. Then he went and got the stuff for my first cast. It was cloth paper and cast material. He put the cast material around my arm. Then he wrapped it in paper wrap. The doctor said, “You can't get it wet or it will fall apart.”

When I saw the x-ray of my wrist I did not understand a single thing the doctor explained all I knew was that I was going to wear a cast for a month and to my surprise, it was not going to be a pretty pink color if not an ugly off-white color. It was in that moment that I realized that I was screwed, I was not allowed to get the cast wet which meant no beach or pool for the whole month and when you live in a tropical island and have a pool in your backyard this are horrible news. I was to stay with the cast for all of winter

Have you ever broke a bone? I was 8 and It was a Tuesday, October 31st , 2013 and my parents were out at a Halloween party. Me and my brother Jayden, were in the living room. We were watching television at around 9:30 pm. When suddenly the t.v turned off.

The thud grabbed the immediate attention of my parents and my intense crying notified everyone how much pain I was in. It was not the kind of pain from a scratch or scrape or a mosquito bite, it was much worst. I was landed laying on my left arm waiting to attended to by my loving parents. I was quickly scooped up by my father place in the car and rushed to the hospital still seeping every bit of tear out of me expressing how agonizing the pain was. I wanted it to stop and go away and feel all better so I can continue to play another day.

During summer break of 2009, I was six years old. I got a machine called a backhoe. It was a white International. We bought it from a guy right by my grandma’s house. We loaded it up onto the trailer to bring it home. I wanted to be helpful, because my dad just bought me this backhoe, so I thought it would be a good Idea to lift up and put away the 75 pound lbs each steel ramps by myself. I lifted up the ramp and lost grip on it from a foot off the ground. It landed on my toe and split it open right behind the nail because when it came down it smashed my nail and separated that skin. Even better I was wearing open toed sandals. At that moment I realized what I just did.

Honestly , it was my first time going to the Accident and Emergency department i was scared and worried about what will happen to my wrist and how will my parents react .While my teacher was doing all the registration i sat there in state of shock . It was really a blessing having my best friend by my side comforting me and constantly telling me everything will be alright . I was then called to do some X-RAYS before consulting the doctor . My parents finally came and just right it was my turn to consult the doctor , my mother then went in together with me . The doctor was then examining my X-RAYS that i took before consulting him . My heart was beating very very fast as I am a right hander and i need my right hand to do many things . Finally the doctor spoke , he said that there was no obvious or major fractures shown in my X-RAYS but i have to put an temporary cast on my hand. He then referred me to a specialist at KK Children Bone Specialist to ensure there was no hairline fracture or any small minor fractures .

When we arrived at the hospital we went to the emergency room. The doctor said I needed stitches. I cried when I found out. My mom had to hold me when they put the stitches in my chin. When I got home I was in a lot of pain. My mom gave me a Tylenol then I went to bed.

After I was done wearing the cast I had to wear a brown glove for almost a year. It was super itchy and I absolutely hated wearing it. It was the worst!

That day I was taken to the office where a stretcher was waiting for me and I entered an ambulance with my teacher. I received a couple of stitches on my