to ask your advice/tips/help with Ds (10) and his broken upper arm

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(Posting here for traffic. Sorry, I'm just desperate for info!)

My lovely DS is 10. Yesterday he was with his Dad doing a fun outdoors activity, and he fell off and broke his upper arm. He's been to the hospital and X-Rayed, it's a clean break, right by the shoulder.

It's not in a cast, just a collar/cuff sling.

We go back to the fracture clinic in 2 weeks.

I have questions!

1. SLEEP.

I know he has to keep the arm "hanging" so it heals. But how should he sleep? Sling on or off? (Apparently, the hospital said off, but everything I've Googled says on.)

Should he be sitting up in bed, with his back propped on pillows?

1. SITTING.

Is he OK to sit with his arm across his body, resting on his lap..? If his lower arm takes any weight, will that stop his upper arm from being in the right position?

The arm isn't in a cast so I'm scared it'll just flop out of place. A cast seems much "safer", but apparently, they don't use them on breaks this far up.

ANY tips/reassuring stories/gin/hand-holding gratefully received!

I wasn't at the hospital so I couldn't ask the Dr these questions.

Thank you!

Thanks. Yes he's on paracetamol 4x day and ibuprofen 3x a day.

He's really chilled all day, then at bedtime he gets really upset 😞 about the situation. Tonight he said, "Will I have to have my sling for the whole school holidays?" It's such a shame for him. We were going to go swimming, cycling, to air shows... most of that's out now. I'm SICKENED that we had a totally lazy week the week behind this happened!

I know much worse things than this happen in life, and he's being really resilient and brave all day.

I need to get fun stuff got us to do. I think he's even getting sick of the beloved Xbox.