Christopher update

[darthtiggger]

Went for his first follow-up today, he did really well.  They took some Xrays and said he is healing very well.  The pins stay in till his next appointment on the 19th.  They put him in a hard cast and he goes back to school tomorrow and no longer has to wear the sling.  He doesn't have any tingling or loss of sensation in his hand so the doctors

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[parhellion]

... did you get to keep the pins? cus that would be cool.

I'm glad he's doing well. We'll see you guys Friday night.

[aneirin_awenyd]

Oh, guns just make it all better, don't they. (Eeek! Yes, I have boys...)

(Momentary interlude about guns: My aunt has some very cool 10-12,000 year old river stones that she kindly shared with us. Each kid got to pick one. Most of them are round, but a couple of them were L-shaped. Of course they wanted the gun-shaped ones. They were not impressed by the age or the geological significance. Only the gun shape. Sheesh.)

That said, THANK YOU for the update! It sounds very good. They always have to tell you 'this might happen, or this might happen..." to cover their butts, but it sounds like things are healing excellently. I'm glad he can go back to school and relieved that there are no signs of nerve damage. Keep us posted if there is more to tell.

[azlinwulfkin]

Elbow guns! YAR! Chris kicks butt. :D How are you adjusting to elbow guns?

[darthtiggger]

I'm fine. He is more aware of it now and is complaining more of pain than he has for a few days. Not sure if it's becuase they moved it around and it's sore, or if it's just becuase he saw the pins.

We did talk about the Dr. Suess character, Shin Pinner Blinn. That made him smile.

[pantharos]

Chris doesn't need guns, they are so mortal. He has fangs.

Get the pins before they throw them out, you can't be too careful with DNA these days. A good kid like that, they'd clone in a second.

[darthtiggger]

It's true, he does have fangs. I had them too till they filed them down, the bastards.

Although a range weapon is never a bad idea, now he has a super secret hold out weapon. It's perfect, he can get it through metal detectors and everything. Almost better than a metal plate in your head.

Can you imagine a bunch of Christophers running around? The world would never be the same. But oh the cuteness! I have visions of Calvin and his duplicator machine.

[pantharos]

Omigod, I read Marcus the duplicate story line in my calvin books and for a bit her ran around telling everyon he was a duplicate. Jared was learning to talk at the time and assumed duplicate was Marcus' name. He called him duplicate for months. He even introduced marcus to people as, "this is my duplicate."

[gargirl]

*hugs* Eeek. I definitely do not need to see pins sticking out of my kids. That sounds upsetting. :(

We are all really glad he is doing okay. *hugs all around*