Half way down the trail my sons gelding Lancelot tripped on a stump and both ended up in/trough/on top of a 3 inch tree
Justin held on to the saddle horn and the tree hit his wrist and broke one of the long bones in his lower arm by the wrist
The tree did him in an he fell off
Luckily he wore a helmet as he did hit his head
We made a sling out of one of the saddlebags and had to walk a mile to the next accessible dive/road within Knob Noster state park to where the ambulance was waiting
He was taken to children's mercy in KC
Bone was still lined up nice and a splint was put on till the swelling is down enough to put a cast on
Justin was very brave walking so long with a broken arm
We sure are very proud of him
Lancelot is unhurt (and so is the tree) and will go to get ridden (get a refresher) by a friend in the time Justin can't ride to improve Lancelot's training
So relived, it sure could have been much worse
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