Max's First Tennis Injury

Well, we thought he would be a little older before this happened, but we were wrong. Max plays too hard, always giving 110%. His form was admirable, his ball-chasing technique, exquisite. But today, during his FIRST tennis outing, this little guy dislocated his elbow. Too bad we had no idea what was wrong. We could tell he was hurt (after a swing with help from Daddy Blake) but didn't know how severe. He was holding his arm to his body, but could still move his hand and fingers around. And when we were ready to go home, he cried that he wanted to go down the slides, but still would stop and fuss that his arm hurt in the middle of playing at the park. So was it broken or would the pain just go away with some ice. Lucky for us, our upstairs neighbor just happens to be a pediatrician. I asked her if she could come check it out and let us know if we should go to the emergency room or not. While examining his arm, all of the sudden she yanked it up and POP! All better. It was a miracle. Max immediately stopped crying and wanted to go play. Hopefully the rest of his injuries are this easy to fix. And hopefully we always have someone close enough to fix them. And hopefully the cost of repair will always be comparable--one bouquet of flowers and a Max-made sticker card. Thank you Kathryn!