Oh Snap

Keegan was in the third period of his hockey game against Fairview. He was on fire! He had just scored a goal to tie the game 2-2. After this goal, Fairview won possession of the puck at centre faceoff. Keegan knew that he could not let them score if he wanted his team, The LaGlace Ice, to win the game. He noticed an unmanned player in front of the net so he started skating hard to intercept the puck from getting to that player. Without any warning the player moved just as Keegan was about to hit him. This sudden movement took Keegan by surprise and he ended up getting his arm jammed up against the player causing his wrist to snap. The sound was so loud that parents claimed to have heard it from the bleachers. Instantly Keegan knew something was wrong, he felt a slight, but yet constant, pain in his wrist so he got off the ice as fast as possible. Unfortunately this led to Fairview scoring and eventually winning the game 3-2.

            After the game concluded Keegan was able to get off the ice and get down to his teams change room. It is here that a parent, who was also a paramedic, was able to assess Keegan’s wrist and equip him with a proper brace.  After he got changed his parents rushed him to the hospital. It was a 45 minute drive that seemed like it took years for Keegan. Every small bump that they hit Keegan felt a shooting pain up his arm starting at the wrist. Once they arrived at the QEII hospital and checked in they were surprised by how short they had to wait. It felt as though they had barely sat down by the time the nurse called Keegan in. Seeing as he was only 12 they wanted to help him as fast as they could.

            Once Keegan was in his individual room the doctor came to assess him. He poked and prodded at Keegan’s wrist to find out exactly where the pain was coming from so that the X-ray would be a more accurate representation of the break. After the doctor had marked out the area they took him to X-ray to see exactly what they were dealing with. Once the X-ray came back the doctor told Keegan and his Mom that his wrist was broken and he would need it to be reset and casted. They then went to an operating room where Keegan got an IV with morphine and a drug that would knock him out for the procedure. Once he was asleep the doctor reset the bone and casted the arm with a Plaster cast.

            After Keegan woke up he was in a lot of pain but his arm was set and he was able to go home. He would have to come back every two weeks to get a new cast on but besides that he just had to relax and let his wrist heal on its own. He said that the worst part about the injury was not being able to play the sport he loves. So now when he goes to hit someone he makes sure his hands are not in the way.