Yep, that's us - last night - sitting in the ER waiting for a cast yet again. Yes indeed, Princess A broke her arm...again. :( Actually, it was her other arm this time. If you were around last summer, you might remember the mini sky dive she did over the back of the living room couch. If not,
click here. This time, Grandpa was here telling stories and all of the kids were amped up and preparing for bedtime. She came running down the upstairs hallway toward the bedroom, tripped, and fell either into the door frame or the door, attempting to catch herself on the way down. J and I knew immediately what she had done. And indeed, the x-rays confirmed that she sustained a buckle fracture of the radius and ulna...again!
She was such a very good girl at the hospital. She rocked the pouty lip for sure, but amazingly she never cried or fussed one single time; and she cooperated with every single thing they needed her to do. She's so brave!
Uncle A took this picture while he was with us at the hospital providing moral support and Princess A valet. Thanks for being there, Uncle A!
We picked a pink cast this time since the last one was purple, and she made sure to adorn her shirt, my shirt, and Uncle A's shirt with lots of stickers!
Thankfully, she should only need to wear the cast for about a month since buckle fractures heal so quickly. Also thankfully, the x-rays of her fracture clearly show that she really did trip and try to catch herself. Because I don't care who you are, you instantly feel like Parent Fail Of The Year when you take your toddler in with a broken arm two times in one year!
And most thankfully, the bones stayed within 4 degrees of the correct position so they did not need to "put it back in place" before they put her cast on. Praise God for that!!!
She was officially tuckered out by the time we got home - four hours past her bedtime.
She had a snack and immediately sacked out cold in our bed, which gave me a chance to elevate and ice her arm before moving her to her crib. She didn't so much as stir the entire time!
She will follow up with an orthopedic doctor in a couple of weeks, as well as with her regular pediatrician. As I think I've mentioned before, Princess A has a life-threatening milk allergy. The discussion did arise that, while she drinks soy milk and takes a vitamin, she does not have any dairy products anywhere in her diet. We're wondering if that might have predisposed her to breaking bones more easily. We're going to check her Vit D level and see if she needs to be supplemented with additional Vit D and calcium.
And in the mean time, she's rocking cast color number two and enjoying all kinds of spoiling...as well as a serious advantage in hand to hand combat with her siblings! ;)
When I have finished feeding, stall cleaning, and breezeway raking, I love to sit and listen to the night. It's so still this time of year; nothing but the sound of horses chewing and coyotes howling. The coyotes mate for only a brief time between January and March, and last week the blackness of the forest was filled with a loud and eerie chorus of howling. Pretty darn cool!
From my view in the breezeway, I can see Miss Scarlet starting to doze off out on the loafing shed.
The loafing shed is the figurative equine water cooler basically. They all hang out there and socialize.
Leo is the new kid on the block, and he's so super sweet.
And this is me hoping Cowboy doesn't decide to turn around (in his signature move) and bite Buckeye on the butt, sending a scattering equine assemblage in my direction while I'm camped out hoof-level on the loafing shed getting just the right shot. :)
Good night.
Good night.
