First elevators, now monkey bars.

Gov. Mark Sanford’s 5-year-old son, Blake, was recuperating after breaking his arm Friday at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School around lunchtime.

“Poor little guy,” Sanford said. “He was on the monkey bars pretending he was a monkey when he wasn’t.”

Blake, the governor’s youngest son, was taken to a local hospital, which forced the governor to abandon some duties at the State House to deal with his family’s emergency.

Sanford said his wife, Jenny, became faint while Blake was treated and had to lie on the hospital room floor while the governor held his son’s hand.

This comes more than seven months after Blake became stuck in an elevator in the Governor’s Mansion. Blake was alone inside the elevator for about 45 minutes. He was not hurt.

At the time, his mother and the governor’s spokesman praised Blake’s bravery, especially since he was without his “Bankie-bear” - part security blanket, part teddy bear. Whether he had it during Friday’s emergency was not known.

Blake was to have surgery on his arm and expected to be released from the hospital Friday night, said Sanford, who was amazed this was the first broken bone among his four boys.