May 24th around 8pm my daughters, Annie and Rebecca were playing on the couch in the living room. They were falling off the top of the couch to the seat. Annie fell off the top of the couch and landed on the seat and then had enough momentum that she was going to fall on the floor. So, Annie decided to grab onto Rebecca and pull her off the couch. Rebecca landed on Annie's arm breaking both bones in her forearm. It clearly was broken.
We drove 45 miles to the nearest hospital that had a orthopedic surgeon. The entire drive Annie talked about random things that 4 year olds usually talk about. So, we get in and see the doctor and they didn't want to set her arm that night because they would have to put her out and she had already eaten dinner and didn't want to risk her aspirating on the food. The next morning we had to bring her back so they could set her arm on an empty stomach. Here is a picture of Annie after her arm was set and put in her cast. Pitiful, huh?
The girls and I were walking out the door to pick up Matt in town because he went to work that morning. We noticed that my mother-in-laws dog had gotten bit by something. At that point we weren't sure what. Good thing my mother-in-law hadn't left for work yet. She was able to take her dog to the vet. Her dog, Rudy, got bit by a venomous snake. Not sure what kind. I was not happy to hear this news because that meant we had to be really careful when we went out on our property. I guess that is country living for you. We got on the road and took Annie back to the hospital so they could set her arm and put it in a cast. They had to put her completely out because it would have been pretty painful due to the manipulation the doctor would have to do to get it straight.
Matt and I unloaded the girls out of the car in the parking lot of the hospital. I then reached back into the car to get some paper work from the car that we had to turn in for Annie's visit. My daughter, Rebecca, shut my hand in the car door. We went in and got Annie fixed up, but I had to wait and come back to my local hospital to see the doctor about my hand.
We get back into town and I get to my doctor at 2:45pm. They take ex rays and find that I broke my finger. It is the bone that connects to my hand on my right pinkie finger. Yes, I am right handed, so a lot of things went undone for a while. The doctor splinted my hand and referred me to the orthopedic surgeon. So, the next day I went to see the same doctor that Annie had seen for her arm. He put a cast on me for two weeks.
I let Annie pick the color. I got my cast off about two weeks ago. The swelling is almost gone and the bruising is completely gone. I have to tape the two fingers together and wear a soft cast. Although, this week it has felt a ton better and I haven't been wearing the soft cast that much. My finger is still sore when I move it and try to bend it.
Annie goes back to the doctor on July 8th. I think she is going to get her cast off then. She will have had it for 6 weeks. I will have a check up at the same time. We hope that Annie gets her cast off then, so we can enjoy our summer at the pool or at least in the sprinkler. See I do have a good excuse for not blogging, right?
