Family Fun Day

So last Saturday our stake had a family day filled with activities for the entire family. They had relay races, sprinting, and a big football (soccer) tournament for both kids and adults. The weather was beautiful and we had quite a day! Sofia and Samuel ran their races and got gold money medals as their prize. I played on a team with the young women and we ended up winning for the girls. And Chris came home with a dislocated elbow!

He had debated whether or not to play because he's had problems with his inner thigh and he didn't want to mess it up now that he's totally focused on training for triathlons. However, in the final game 5 minutes before they blew the whistle, Chris slipped on the grass and landed somehow directly onto his elbow. He heard how it popped right out of the socket (I know, gruesome!) So many people stepped into help immediately. Chris's sister took Samuel and Sofia and some good friends ran to get their car and drove us directly to the emergency room.

One look at his distorted elbow and the doctors were all baffled. Apparently a dislocated elbow is quite rare and the way he did it even rarer. As you can see in the picture, both the upper and lower arm bones popped totally out of the socket like 5 cm and ripped through all the ligaments!!! Pretty major. Chris felt somewhat of a celebrity having all the doctors come and look at "The Elbow", however is quite frustrated knowing that rehabilitation will take between 3-9 months!

He stayed over night Saturday night, came home yesterday and will go back tomorrow to have surgery. Last Friday was his official last day of vacation and was planning to go back today, but now will probably be home for another week or so! Crazy!

Hopefully recovery will go quickly and he'll be back to "normal" in no time! Talk about turn of events!