Broke Again.....

A year ago on October 19th 2008, Ellie broke her arm. Many of you may remember, we were at Mike and Karen's for Sunday dinner, and she went downstairs, climbed on the treadmill and turned it on. It flipped her off and she came up crying. Ray told her it wasn't broke, but after a day of crying I took her in only to find that it was indeed broke, and so began the journey of two casts. The first one was pink and had been put on too tight, so the Dr. cut it up the side and left it on for a few days until the swelling in her arm went down, then we went in and had a purple cast put on for 6 weeks. After our six weeks was up we went in and she had a brace put on that she had to wear until the first of January. Notice the missing tooth in the above picture, and the below picture. Yes she lost her tooth a few days after her purple cast was put on, and the tooth still has not grown in yet. The dentist says we have no need to worry, she started late with loosing her teeth, and he says we could even possible go another year without seeing the big tooth come in. Now Fast forward to October 22 2009, I am in Brigham at a Dr. appointment when I get a call from the school telling me that Ellie fell from the monkey bars and is crying quite uncontrollably. The school nurse advised that we take her into the Dr, for an X Ray. I called Ray in a panic and asked him to go and pick Ellie up. When I got home she was still crying so I took her into the Dr here in town. They did an X Ray, but said he didn't think it was broke, so he wrapped it up and put it in a sling and sent us home. Well, the we went through the weekend with a crying Ellie who would not bend her arm at all. So Monday I called our Dr in Brigham and was able to take her in. He examined her arm, and then called the other Dr and asked that they send the results to him. We waited for about 20 minutes when he came in and said that after reviewing the results he along with another Dr felt that it was broke.

Ellie asked for a green cast, cut all they had left was pink, blue, or purple, so she went with another purple one. She also found out that she has a bronchial infection, and so the Dr sent us off to get some meds for her. I have now tried to explain to Ellie that breaking her arm is not a good tradition to make. I told her that next year I may put her in a padded room for the week of the of the 17th through the 23rd. I think we have seen enough casts in our family to last a long time, and it is now time to pass the cast torch off to someone else.