Ricky broke his right arm (luckily he is left-handed) in PE yesterday, 1/25/07, when he tripped over someone’s foot and fell straight forward, hyperextending his arm when he put his hand out to catch himself. He cracked his humerus right above the elbow. I’m having deja vu here, because almost four years ago, Ricky cracked the same humerus, a little higher up. I’m not a doctor, but from what I saw on the x-ray, this time it appears to be a worse break.

Luckily, I suppose, Ricky has a high pain tolerance, and did fine at the hospital. He’s got a splint on the arm now and will be going soon (hopefully tomorrow) to get a cast put on. He’s already getting the hang of doing everything one handed (even getting into his loft bed).

Just wanted to let you all know…

Ricky is doing well. He saw the pulmonologist on January 9 and his lung function numbers have not changed — still pretty good! The big problem he is having is his weight. He has been losing weight. If this keeps up, he’ll have to get a g-tube. We’re hoping to avoid this so he’s having lots of nutrition shakes and other things to get his weight back up.

Andrew and Misty are also fine… Growing like weeds. What happened to my babies!?

We were overwhelmed with the HUGE number of cards and gifts that Ricky got for his birthday and Christmas. Thank you all!

Happy new year everyone!