Just a follow up

Well, this is week two in the sling, and so far my son has managed to fall and directly hit it three or four times. I am constantly having to remind him to adjust the sling, put his arm back where it belongs and fight with him at bed time to keep it on. He has now started giving me a new facial expression. Before it was just "ok mom", now it is not only the "ok mom" look but it has now gained the"get off of my back" look along with it. It is actually kind of funny, he is still so adorable when he is trying to be serious. Do you know how hard it is to explain to a 6 year old that a bone is fractured and that they have to wear the annoyingly uncomfortable thing for six weeks to let it heal? i will tell you that it is almost impossible. My son understands that he needs to wear it only when it hurts. I have been unsuccessful in making him understand that he has to wear it all the time, well we have just learned that bed time is ok to remove it. And I feel like a broken record telling him to fix it, and I know that he is tired of hearing it. We even went as far as to sew a pocket into the inside of it so that he has a comfortable place to put his hand for better positioning. When he actually has his hand in the pocket, I do not seem to have to tell him to fix it, but that is rare. I have finally realized though, that trying to explain a collar bone fracture to a 6 year old is not an easy task to accomplish.
We had an appointment on Thursday at 10:20, so we arrive for his appointment and we sit for an hour waiting for our turn. When we did finally get to go in the back, they did another x-ray to make sure it was still in place, and escorted us to our room. We were in the room for less than 5 minutes!
Why do these doctors offices even make appointments? They are never on time, and having to sit for an hour after your appointment time has passed, is so frustrating. And if once is not bad enough, we get the absolute enjoyment of doing it again next week. Yeah!