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a little more than a week before Graces Baptism, John went to play a little Elders Quorum softball. he had a blast hitting, running and throwing the ball. it was reminiscent of his glory days from little league and he really got into it. so far in that when a ball came flying his way and was just out of reach he went diving after it. he caught the ball and then realized for some reason his arm no longer followed his command. he had blown out his shoulder. what a pain. literally and figuratively.

by the time we made it home the pain was overwhelming so we headed out to the ER to get some pain killers and get a diagnosis going. it was fun to have the doctor come in and let us know he had a grade three injury, "doesn't sound bad" we thought. oh, that's three on a scale of three. ouch. so surgery was the only option. luckily we know a pretty good orthopedic surgeon and the following Monday doled out more meds, a large incision and a couple screws to boot. unfortunately I managed to forget to take pictures of his Doe eyed looks as we waited for the anesthesia to ware off. it would have been such a great payback for some of those after giving birth photos that pop up way too often on our screen saver. bummer.

the injury was pretty wearing on me, not to mention how annoying it was for Johnny. avoiding hs right shoulder could sometimes prove to be an interesting process for all of us in the tiny space we are occupying these days. it was amusing to watch him try to raise his right arm as he baptized Grace the following Saturday. and the giant sling he wore was a hoot too.

Now several weeks later all is "healed" and the screws removed. for two weeks now John has tried to get me to post the video of the removing his "hardware". to get him off my case here is the evidence. it isn't really gross but it is pretty crazy! be warned.