broken bone update

last tuesday chris and i said goodbye to xander at 5:45 AM and got on the ferry to fajardo for the follow up appt. with the orthopedic doctor. he got another set of x-rays done to make sure the bones were healing properly. after getting x-rays, we took the films over to the doctors office and waited for hours (we're slowly getting used to this whole island time thing). i've been used to "phoebe time" forever, but its different when you are on the other side ; ) chris would say, "i thought phoebe was bad, but try living in puerto rico". finally we get called back and meet with the doctor for all of about 5 minutes - long enough for him to shake our hands, show us the x-rays and tell chris that things look good and that he was fine and could return to work! : ) then chris did something he's never done, he willfully accompanied me into an all womens clothing store and cheerfully and patiently helped me pick out clothes. what a guy! then we returned to the ferry and we were remarking at what a fairly stress free day we were having .... but apparently we spoke too soon because the ferry broke and we didn't get home till 2 and a half hours after we supposed to be in vieques!
but we made it and that's all that matters!

 

this is actually his 2nd xray. it looks almost exactly like his first ones but if you look really really closely between the two bones there is a little hazy thing that is the callous that has formed around the bones. (the doctor pointed it out with his pen and i looked and nodded my head like i could totally see what he was talking about....but i have no idea what he was pointing at. I was expecting this "callous" to be more like an internal ace bandage that the body makes?!?! not some tiny barely visible line between the two bones.) But the doctor could see it and said it was all good so thats what matter. but this thing is supposed to hold everything together?! sounds a little sketchy to me, i think my idea of the internal ace bandage is a much better idea! :)  It is very rare to set a broken collarbone because there is nothing to really set it to, so chris' shoulder will forever look like this! doesnt seem right but thats what the doctors say so i guess we will believe them for now! :) He is doing great and his range of motion is almost back to normal and he is able to lift things and do more and more everyday! :)