The Kid With a Staple in His Hand
by Connor Spencer
Connor was a small young kid and not very smart. When he woke up he got dressed and went down stairs. And then he got a bowl of cereal. He took his medicine and then went upstairs to brush his teeth. When he was done brushing his teeth, he went to school. At school he wrote in his assignment note-book and put his Personal Journal in the basket. Connor went to put staples in a stapler. When he closed it, his thumb was too close to the stapler. He told his teacher and she told Connor’s friend to take him down to the office. The principal gave Connor an ice pack, then Connor waited for a while, but then Jack’s mom came in and told the principle she’d drive Connor down to the hospital. The principal called his mom. Jack’s mom took Connor, and Connor’s mom came out and then they went into the hospital. The checked in and waited for a little bit. Then the doctor came and called for him to come here. They went to the room and there were two doctors there. They got metal scissors and then got it out. Then Connor got an American flag ball.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Health Updates
http://www.emedicine.com/sports/topic94.htm website re: pars fracture
If you read the Spencer Family Blog enough, you will become very learned on medical conditions and procedures. In the spring you learned about Connor’s Toxic Synovitis, and this week you can learn about the Pars Fracture. Trevor’s sore back from TaeKwanDo was more than a muscle strain. After and MRI and CT scan and the addition of a Back Brace, he was diagnosed with a bilateral pars fracture of the 5th lumbar vertebrae. The docs were a little puzzled, as they could see old and new injury. The final story is that sometime earlier (probably this fall in football) he sustained a pars fracture on the left side of his 5th lumbar vertebrae, and on Monday night he went ahead and fractured the right side of the vertebrae. He is now in this “rigid” girdle like thing, and quite uncomfortable. He frankly hates it and I have to nag him over and over to keep the darn thing on.
In other news, Kira has been accepted to the following colleges Coe, with a 17K renewable scholarship, Luther, with an 11K renewable scholarship, and Knox with two scholarships adding up to 14K. She also was accepted to the Iowa Honor’s program. Just got the apps in for Carleton, Macalester, Lawrence and St. Olaf. We won’t hear from those schools until later, however. We sure hope the scholarship offers accompany any acceptance letters from those schools!
Well that’s all for now folks. Better go check on the Trev and get him cinched up!
If you read the Spencer Family Blog enough, you will become very learned on medical conditions and procedures. In the spring you learned about Connor’s Toxic Synovitis, and this week you can learn about the Pars Fracture. Trevor’s sore back from TaeKwanDo was more than a muscle strain. After and MRI and CT scan and the addition of a Back Brace, he was diagnosed with a bilateral pars fracture of the 5th lumbar vertebrae. The docs were a little puzzled, as they could see old and new injury. The final story is that sometime earlier (probably this fall in football) he sustained a pars fracture on the left side of his 5th lumbar vertebrae, and on Monday night he went ahead and fractured the right side of the vertebrae. He is now in this “rigid” girdle like thing, and quite uncomfortable. He frankly hates it and I have to nag him over and over to keep the darn thing on.
In other news, Kira has been accepted to the following colleges Coe, with a 17K renewable scholarship, Luther, with an 11K renewable scholarship, and Knox with two scholarships adding up to 14K. She also was accepted to the Iowa Honor’s program. Just got the apps in for Carleton, Macalester, Lawrence and St. Olaf. We won’t hear from those schools until later, however. We sure hope the scholarship offers accompany any acceptance letters from those schools!
Well that’s all for now folks. Better go check on the Trev and get him cinched up!
Monday, November 07, 2005
The November to Remember
The November to Remember. The big news at our house is that Trevor has a girlfriend. She is a little red-haired girl and sweet as can be. Mom and dad approve. So far they just see each other in band and at the school dance they danced together. So cute!
Trevor is now nursing a strained back after sparring tonight at tae-kwan-do. Poor guy.
Connor is well, and he is looking forward to french-toast stick Friday.
Kira has been offered a nice scholarship at Coe, and is hoping to get like offers from the Minnesota/Wisconsin schools, but they will probably not be as prompt with their offers. The application deadline isn’t until Dec. 1, and notification of acceptance for those schools is after the first of the year, with award notifications coming much later.
Nathan is relaxing after his XC season and has been compiling data.
I am continuing to revise and re-do my dissertation topic and this time the go-round seems to be better situated.
We are raking leaves almost daily, and are looking forward to Thanksgiving, and taking in some good movies. That is about all for now!
Trevor is now nursing a strained back after sparring tonight at tae-kwan-do. Poor guy.
Connor is well, and he is looking forward to french-toast stick Friday.
Kira has been offered a nice scholarship at Coe, and is hoping to get like offers from the Minnesota/Wisconsin schools, but they will probably not be as prompt with their offers. The application deadline isn’t until Dec. 1, and notification of acceptance for those schools is after the first of the year, with award notifications coming much later.
Nathan is relaxing after his XC season and has been compiling data.
I am continuing to revise and re-do my dissertation topic and this time the go-round seems to be better situated.
We are raking leaves almost daily, and are looking forward to Thanksgiving, and taking in some good movies. That is about all for now!
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