Broken collarbone at 22 months

Yup, he did it... He broke a bone before the age of two...

Noah is active. By active I mean, more active than your average little boy. He’s curious, he likes to run, to see, to play, to discover. It’s in his nature and I have to admit that sometimes it’s hard to keep it up with him specially having to watch Emma at the same time.

Monday (the 22^nd of July), Noah climbed onto the computer desk to watch his cartoon from closer. It wasn’t the first time he did that but this time he lost his balance and he fell backwards. So he fell head and back straight into the wood floor. It was a 2 foot fall but he would not stop crying and I got worried when he didn’t even want to take the breast (still breastfeeding) for comfort. He also didn’t want to let go of us. So, we called 811 (nurse service, advice) and she told me that we might want to bring him to the ER just to make sure he is okay.

We went to the ER, he was admitted right away and he had head x-rays taken. He was all good and he was released at 2am. Then, the next day, we noticed a bruise on his shoulder and that he had a lot of trouble moving that arm. We waited another day to see if it was just swollen but the bruise got bigger and he wasn’t in any less pain. We ended up going back to the ER on Thursday (25^th of July). He took some X-rays and was diagnosed with a broken collarbone.

So, what happens now? Now much,  he’s still very young, so the bone will reconnect on his own. It will take from 3-6 weeks. They gave him a sling and a follow up appointment in another 3 weeks. It is quite a challenge to make him stop moving his arm but it’s quite the thing. We used safety pins to tie his sling to his shirt but it’s not always the easiest thing ever.

I hope he will recover fast, not too worried though!

Please keep it safe Noah! We love you!