Clara @ Swim

Brandon's Big Break

Last Saturday night, James took Devlin and Brandon to Del Valle for a Motocross race. I was at home with the younger two packing for my trip to Brazil. About 9:00 I got a phone call. "Meet Elizabeth at the hospital. Brandon hurt his arm."

Many many many hours later..... Brandon indeed had hurt his arm. He broke both arm bones on his right arm (he's left handed). He had fallen off his bike AFTER the race while putting back to the "pit" area. He was riding so slowly that James was keeping up at a walking pace on foot. He just managed to wobble on his bike so that he fell backwards. He tried to catch himself and.... that's how you get a major break.

The doctors did have to re-set the break that night. The bones were displaced and one was on top of the other. He went back to the orthopedic doctor a few days later to get his hard cast. It is bright green.

He's handling it all very well and hasn't let it slow him down. It's healing well and won't require any surgery.