Not so funny - bone...

Wednesday evening Elliott was extra fussy... he let out several big burps and toots so we just assumed his issue was gas... we noticed that he wasn't really using his left arm but didn't think much of it. We had to hold him most of the evening but he did settle down and slept through the night. Thursday morning, the gas was gone but he continued not to move his left arm. Whenever we would move it, he would cry out - otherwise it was limp. We called the doctor, while waiting for the on call doc to call back we googled arm pain in infants and discovered "nursemaid's elbow". When the doctor called back she said the same thing and that we would need to take him either to Nighttime Pediatrics or the Emergency Room to have it set. Since it was New Year's Day we wanted to avoid the ER so we got in at Nighttime Ped's around 10:50am. The doctor performed a "maneuver" to set the elbow and it was instantly better. We were told that Elliott might favor the arm for a day or so since it had been out for so long (yes, we feel like awful parents). Friday morning, Elliott was still not using his left arm so we called our regular pediatrician, Dr. Ginsburg and took him in. She also did the maneuver but was not convinced that the elbow was back in and suggested that we follow up at the Saturday walk in clinic at Orthopedic and Sports Medicine. She also suggested some Motrin for any inflammation. He had 2-3 doses of Motrin last night and woke up feeling well this morning and using his arm pretty normally but we decided to take him in anyway, JIC (just in case). We were lucky, the doctor running the clinic this morning was an Elbow and Shoulder specialist. We had to wait about an hour to see him, then he xray'd the arm (and Eric's hand) to rule out a break. It came back clear and he determined that it was set properly but wanted to immobilize it so that it could rest for several days. So, Elliott is sporting an ace bandaged wrapped splint... it is the saddest and cutest thing I have ever seen.