Oh, no!

Well, we have our first official broken bone. (In our children, not us.:)We've had our fair share of that. ) Last night at the fire station, a bunch of kids were running down a ramp and climbing on a railing. None of the adults saw her fall, but apparently Macy fell off the railing. She didn't cry much, more whining, but came and sat by me and whined for a while. Her father, the EMT, figured she was faking it. She hit her eye too, and it is swollen and red. She'll end up with a black eye out of the deal. I gave her Motrin and put her to bed. She slept with me, and it was a restless night.

In the morning it was still hurting, so off to the doctor we went. It took a while,and her Papa got to take her to x-rays as a volunteer at the hospital, but we got x-rays and she broke the ulna bone, the one on the pinkie side of her arm. They said it wasn't a bad break, it wasn't dislocated or displaced. It should heal quickly. Right now she's in a splint until the swelling goes down, then Thursday she gets a hard cast.

Right now we have problems. The doctor won't do a waterproof cast. We could go down to Children's to get one, but that might not work. We could also buy a plastic sleeve like the one I had last summer, but I don't know how well that would work. We leave for vacation on Friday, which includes swimming, White Water, etc. And we have season passes to Oceans to Fun, and they have swimming lessons in early July. Not a good time to break a bone.

She doesn't seem to be in much pain. The splint is helping. She's a tough kid.

Here is her in the splint. She says it is heavy. Having had one last summer, I agree.

Here's a close-up.


So we're skipping Jazz class tonight, and she's watching at t-ball.

Anyone know who will put on a waterproof cast??? :)