Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Quick ER Trip

Well, we decided to get Amy's bike out of the basement yesterday since the weather has warmed up! She was having a great time riding up and down our cul de sac, until that last turn, and she lost her balance, falling over onto her arm! She was wearing her helmet, but there are no scratches on it, so I don't think she hit her head, though she did manage a lovely bruise on her left knee, and skinned up a couple other places.

She was able to move her arm, but she said it hurt real bad, and was shooting up into her shoulder, and was kind of numb. She is the type of kid that usually brushes off pain and keeps going, so after half an hour with an ice pack on it, and she said it hurt as bad as ever, I called her dr, who said to take her to the ER- turned out to be a good call- she does have a small buckle fracture of her left radius, near her wrist. The dr there said it is good that she is young, and her bones still kinda flexible, her arm kind of just bent like a young sapling tree instead of breaking all the way through. They put her in a splint and we are to follow up with the orthopedic dr later this week. She can move her wrist and arm fine, just has to be careful of it, they said normally with a break like this, they don't bother to cast it, but they do want to protect it, because if she were to fall on it again, it could easily break the rest of the way.

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