The Girl With the Pink Cast

Last week, Emmy was climbing up the slide in her classroom at church, and fell off the top step.  She must have landed just wrong, because she ended up with a buckle fracture in her arm bone.  We should have known right away because every time her arm got bumped, she cried and it was even waking her up at night.  But the weird thing was that she seemed fine in between those times so we just weren't sure if we needed to take her in.  Finally, a couple of days later, it was obvious something was definitely wrong....she was favoring her right arm, complaining about it a lot, and busting out in tears if it barely got bumped or even touched. 

So, the three kids and I spent over two hours at the doctor the first time, getting x-rays done, and then putting on a temporary splint.  The x-ray people loved her so much and said she was the best 3 year old patient they had ever had.  They all walked her out and said bye and were laughing with each other over how cute she was.

This splint only stayed on during the ride home.  Right when we got home, she took it off (because it was "bugging her") so I did my best to put it back on.  While we were waiting to hear from Orthopedics, it came off another 2-3 times, got wet, etc. It was a mess!
*Disclaimer* Emmy picked her own outfit both days! :)

We went back 2 days later to get the real cast.  They showed me x-rays but it's almost impossible to tell from these pics.  The bigger arm bone on the right has two little parts sticking out the sides, close to the wrist, and a tiny line going across.

  

Here's us doing out best to entertain ourselves while we waited forever in the waiting room.  The kids were actually doing pretty well looking for Waldo in the Where's Waldo book.

 

Smith did pretty well.  He was restless and fussy at first and when he realized he was going to have to stay in the stroller or in my arms, he gave up and chilled out. He slept through the end of the appt. too.

Emmy took this picture of Zane and me. We were doing a puppet show for her and Smith too.

I love the progression of expressions on Emmy's face before and after the cast.  She was being silly and  happy at first. 

She got really quiet and dazed when she got her cast on.  She was seriously in shock for about 20 minutes afterwards.  She just didn't know what to do with her hand.

Then she started to come out of it.

A little after the doctor's appt, we went to the park with some friends.  She was cautious and slow for about 3 minutes, and then she was back to full force! Running, climbing, jumping, wrestling, etc. She is one tough girl.