Last night I had training in Portsmouth, and came home around 9:40p to find daddy cuddling Sarah downstairs. Sarah's sister had provided her with enough blankets and "stuff" to try to make an escape from her play pen. Of course, being shorter than the walls of her play pen, she fell. When Tim went to hand her to me, she started to cry and whimper, which is unusual...usually she wants mommy if she has a boo boo.
Well, after realizing she was crying every time she was moved, we started testing her arms and legs, and sure enough she cried out every time we touched her right arm. So Tim took her to the ER to get it checked out.
My little girl came home with daddy close to midnight with a temporary cast and sling on her arm. And the worst part was we had to see an orthopedic surgeon in the morning because they were concerned she might need surgery. The bulb at the end of the bone in her elbow broke off completely!
After a night short on sleep, we took her to the orthos today. Thankfully, the doctor we ended up seeing was the same doctor who operated on my knee, so we knew we were in good hands. Another Xray later, he determined that she did not need surgery at this point and should heal in three weeks. If it does not, then we might need to talk surgery. So Miss Sarah came home with medicine for pain, and a fashionably bright pink cast on her arm. :( But after a nap, she seems to be in much better form. :)
1 comments:
My brother actually broke off the end of his elbow on his right arm a couple of years ago during a karate tournament.
She is very fortunate not to need surgery! Plus she's young, so it will be easier to heal
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