craziness
I have had a very strange last two days, most of which unfortunately has been negative. Yesterday, Monday, my mom called me at work to tell me that my brother had fallen off of the trampoline where she was working (at a friends house who is also one of her clients). She was on her way to taking him to the emergency room and needed me to go and call his music teacher to cancel his first guitar lesson which I did. Then a little bit later she called me from the hospital with an update and to ask me to bring them some things which I did. Apparently what happened was he was jumping on the trampoline, lost his footing, fell into the safety net and the safety net deteriorated under him. He landed right on his face, possible on his chin. The doctors stiched his chin up and did a CT scan to see if his jaw was broken. The CT scan showed the jaw was broken in two places and twisted as well which meant he would need surgery by the end of the week. The surgery they proposed would be to put in dissolving plates to brace his jaw and encourage growth in the right direction. Unfortunately though the only Kaiser close to us that has that technology is in Oakland. So, this morning we left the house around 8AM and got to the hospital a little after 9AM. We took him for some additional x-rays and then saw the doctor who told us he would not need the surgery they originally proposed, but insead would wire his jaws shut which still involves knocking him out. They basically wire the jaw shut for ten days and then cut the wires and put in elastic so he can start to use his jaws and then a while after that he gets the metal bars removed that the wires/elastic attach to. He went into surgery around 1PM and was out in recovery by about 2:15PM. Once he was awake enough to leave they let him go and we came home. We got home about 6PM. So, I spent all day in the hospital trying to do whatever I could to help my mom. I have been bottling my worry about the whole thing trying not to show it especially to my brother but also to my mom so I could be there for her. It has been an emotional rollercoaster for everyone involved the last couple of days, but we are all glad that he is home and doing resonably well considering. I spent most of the evening tonight laying in bed with him hanging out watching tv, which is pretty much all he feels up to do right now. Thanks for reading, this has been a good venting/coping mechanism for me.