Nate's cast!

Poor sweet Nate. Nate is such a good baby that when he is fussy or crying we know something is definitely wrong. So for the past couple of days, he was really fussy and crying and NOTHING would comfort him - not even his momma holding him. I just didn't know what was wrong. I really thought it was another ear infection. So we went to the doctor yesterday and he really couldn't find anything wrong with him - he said he probably has a little viral infection. So we went home and then I noticed he was not moving his left arm and everytime I touched his arm, he would cry even harder. So I ran him back to the doctor and he thought it was probably Nurse Maid's elbow (elbow out of place). He sent me to a pediatric orthopedist and he took an xray. No bones were broken but he said that this probably happened a couple of days ago and it has swollen so there would be no way for him to pop it back into place - the best thing to do was to let him wear a cast for about a week. Needless to say I was a wreck. I had to get reinforcement from Courtney, Renee and my mom that I was not a HORRIBLE mom. Then I remembered the same thing happened to Bekah when she was at her old daycare - she was probably a little over a year old. We immediately took her to the doctor and he was able to pop it back into place. What is up with my kids' joints? We don't know when this happened to Nate - but we think it must have happened over the weekend - I have no clue. Anyway, Nate is feeling MUCH better and Bekah is being a very caring Big Sister. He was smiling and laughing when I was holding him last night. The only problem is that he is not walking yet so this cast is getting in his way of crawling and you know how fast he can crawl! He is now upset b/c he can't seem to get anywhere. But I would much rather him be crying b/c he is frustrated rather than b/c he is in PAIN! He is back at school today and getting ALL the attention! If you see him within the week, make sure you sign that cast and give him lots and lots of hugs and kisses! And for my concerned family member - this is not the result of Auburn losing to MSU. Haha!