Kaitlyn's accident
Tuesday afternoon Kaitlyn fell off a trampoline at a friend's house and broke her arm just below the elbow. Of course my family doctor was already closed, so I took her to the after hours clinic (figured I'd get her seen there quicker than ER). She screamed and cried the entire trip; the only time I could get her to stop was when she was telling my what had happened. So I tried to get her to talk about it as much as I could. There was noone in the waiting room so we got sent back quickly (it's the same place she went when she broke her hand doing flips with another neighbor). I tried to warn her about the x-rays. She howled when they tried to straighten her arm out for them; and got worse when they tried to rotate her thumb for a different angle. I felt so bad for her. The docter was the same one that had delivered her, when he retired from his own practice he took a job with the after hours clinic. He wouldn't even explain anything, said a bone specialist was coming over from the ER. The doctor said she would have to have a partial splint cast from shoulder to wrist. They didn't want to do a full cast because of the dangers from swelling. (I found out from a coworker that her niece lost part of her arm because of a full arm cast! Due to swelling.) They gave her codeine and she had to wait over night to get the partial cast put on, She was taking codeine as often as possible for a couple of days, but now she only takes it 3 times a day. Just complains of itching now. The doctor said if I had broken my arm the same way I would have had to have surgery, but her bone's still growing so it should heal fine. The neighbor felt so bad they took down the trampoline. It was broken anyway and she was the third accident on it. The bad part is now I find myself having to do her homework, or at least the writing for her. She's really very smart. It's great to hear her think out loud so she can tell me what to write. She has a friend helping her in class. She can't even wiggle 3 of her fingers on her right hand yet. I told her to keep trying to, she should be able to in 2 weeks or so. She's very sensative to being uncomfortable. I'm sure none of you had noticed that.
On another proud mama note:
She made Principal's List on her report card (all A's)
Justin made Honor Roll, he had 1 B.
Can you read the pride in my typing? Now if I can just get Justin to keep his name off the board!
On another proud mama note:
She made Principal's List on her report card (all A's)
Justin made Honor Roll, he had 1 B.
Can you read the pride in my typing? Now if I can just get Justin to keep his name off the board!