And so Sweet Baby James broke his collar bone......

 .....sometime during rugby season and it healed on its own. I'm sure SBJ recalls the game when it happened and he knows that he's had some issues with it. Oh No Mr. Bill got him into see Fetherston (finally) as SBJ is already 2 weeks into football prep with twice daily lifting / workouts. Dr. Michael Fetherston, by the way, is pretty famous in this area - he's got all of the ratings and 5 stars or whatever that they give general practitioners. He is our family doctor simply because his father (John) was my family's family doctor when I was growing up. ONMB, of course, is thrilled that our doctor is region-renowned.

Moving on...I had to laugh when they told me about the appointment. Poor Dr. F - he really needs a stool to stand on when reviewing SBJ's range of motion. SBJ told me that Dr. F had him doing all sorts of stretches, dance moves, etc. so he could find out where the issues are. ONMB said it was comical for Dr. F attempting to reach up to SBJ's shoulders. I can barely reach SBJ's shoulders so I'm sure it was funny to watch. Apparently Dr. F also did an x-ray and sure enough, broken and healed over.

When ONMB showed me the referral slip, I just shook my head. This is the same frickin' thing that happened to him back before SBJ was born. ONMB took a tumble off his bike crossing some railroad tracks and years later we found out that he'd broke his collar bone and it had healed on its own. But I digress....

...and so today we will call this specialist to ensure that SBJ gets the proper physical therapy and range of motion/use back well before football practices start in August. Who would have thought that my sweet baby would have a rugby injury? He's such a big guy he usually hurts others. As a momma bear, I'm not liking my baby being hurt and am thinking that rugby is more violent than football. ARGH! But, knowing how SBJ feels about both of these sports, I'm sure a broken anything won't keep him from playing.

Good thing he's not into baseball as it could be career threatening. I'm not hoping for much and certainly want SBJ to do whatever makes him happy in life, but a 3-year lucrative NFL contract could keep this momma bear in a lifetime of porridge. 

Original date Friday, June 26, 2009 at 8:36am