Nathan's Broken Arm

I'm having a hard time keeping up with my blog.  So I am having to go back a few months and update it.  One significant 2016 event happened in February while my sister, Melissa, and her two boys were visiting along with my mom and Nonnie.  The boys were all playing outside and Melissa and I were inside making some homemade pizza.  Nathan came in and complained that his arm hurt.  He had fallen off his Ripstick because he was riding downhill very fast while an unknown adult was walking up hill and not moving out of his way.  He swerved to not hit the stranger and ended up falling on his arm. One look at it, and we knew it was broken.  I called Mario who was just leaving the gym and told him to meet me at the emergency room.

The doctor confirmed what we thought and Nate would need surgery the following week to set and cast it.  We had a slight problem with that because Mario and I were flying out Sunday night to go on a cruise out of Texas Monday morning.  We quickly called a friend who is an attorney and had him draw up power of attorneys for my mom and Sister Pat Flynn so they could take care of Nate's medical needs while we were gone.  It was hard to leave him and we thought about canceling, but we believe that the Lord works in mysterious ways.  We think this happened at this time so Nate can prove to himself that he is strong and can do hard things.  It wasn't easy for anyone, but Nate made it thru and was able to get his cast off a few weeks before flying to Hawaii.