Here is Landon - number 80 - in
his first football game for Concord High. His position is corner and they had him play the whole game Thursday night.
His wrist got hyper-extended when a lineman was blocking him in the 2nd quarter. He said it really hurt - but one of the coaches just taped it up and they sent him back out to play the rest of the game.
Friday - it wasn't swollen, but he said it REALLY hurt - so we took him into Kaiser to get it checked out. The Dr. poked around at his wrist and said it was probably just a muscle strain and after a week in a wrist brace he'd be 100% again. He sent us down for an X-ray just to be certain. When he popped the X-ray on the screen we were all in for a surprise. You could clearly see the buckle fracture above his wrist. The Dr. said - "sorry buddy - you are in a cast for the next 6 weeks. Tough break".
Pretty devastating news for a kid that has been training all summer long with the football team -and so excited to play and to be a starter. His cast should be coming off just as the season ends. So sad.
I still can't believe he played the last 2 quarters of the game with a broken wrist! I said so to the Dr. and he said - "Well, this is one tough kid!" So here's a picture of him playing in the last half (with a broken wrist). I agree with the Dr. - Landon is tough and pretty dedicated to football. I'm proud of you Landon!
His wrist got hyper-extended when a lineman was blocking him in the 2nd quarter. He said it really hurt - but one of the coaches just taped it up and they sent him back out to play the rest of the game.
Friday - it wasn't swollen, but he said it REALLY hurt - so we took him into Kaiser to get it checked out. The Dr. poked around at his wrist and said it was probably just a muscle strain and after a week in a wrist brace he'd be 100% again. He sent us down for an X-ray just to be certain. When he popped the X-ray on the screen we were all in for a surprise. You could clearly see the buckle fracture above his wrist. The Dr. said - "sorry buddy - you are in a cast for the next 6 weeks. Tough break".
Pretty devastating news for a kid that has been training all summer long with the football team -and so excited to play and to be a starter. His cast should be coming off just as the season ends. So sad.
I still can't believe he played the last 2 quarters of the game with a broken wrist! I said so to the Dr. and he said - "Well, this is one tough kid!" So here's a picture of him playing in the last half (with a broken wrist). I agree with the Dr. - Landon is tough and pretty dedicated to football. I'm proud of you Landon!
3 comments:
That must be so disappointing to Landon to not be able to play the season. Seems like that happens to someone every year. But congrats on making the team and first string.
So sorry landon :( I too am amazed that you played the entire game with a broken wrist! Very impressive!
Im glad you got these pics of his game, Mom!
What a tough guy...playing with a broken arm! Landon, you look so sad in the cast picture, I am so sorry!
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