Gimme a break!

So, Byron decided to break his arm on Friday night! He and the cousins were playing, and he fell....and he really favored his arm. That night he even cried out some in his sleep, and when, in the morning, he was still favoring it, we decided to take him in. The X-rays did not show a definitive break, but fluid around the elbow, so the urgent care doc thought it was broken. He told me to keep him in a sling for 2 weeks. Uh...a 5 year old in a sling? It was usually around his shoulder, not down on his arm....certainly not keeping it immobile! We went to the pediatrician on Monday, and she said that elbows are tricky, so it's not up to her to decide if it is broken or if it is soft tissue damage, so she splinted his arm (yeah! at least now it's protected!) and put in a referral for the ortho doc.....that office called today and we have a Thursday appt. so we'll find out then if he's good to go or if he needs to be casted!