Tuesday, March 23 - Mason and I were assembling a bookcase for his room when I glanced at the couch and noticed my phone lit up with 5 missed calls. It was the kids Gizmo phone watch. I called them back and heard Noah explain to me that I needed to come pick them and the scooters up because Callie had fallen off and was hurting. Initially, I thought they were joking because just the day before he played a trick on me while they were walking Goofy. He called and told me both girls were missing only to laugh at me seconds later as I bounded out of the house frantic to find Callie and April. The boy who cried wolf lives in my house! They finally convinced me to go pick Callie up and after my initial examination I was 90% sure she broken her left wrist. I took her to Urgent care later that evening and it was confirmed she indeed had broken her left Radial bone pretty bad. After a visit to the Orthopaedic surgeon the following week it was determined that surgery wasn't necessary but the break was close to her growth plate and needed to be seriously monitored. Recommended treatment:
1. Full arm cast for 3 weeks
2. Cut off old cast, replace with a new shorter cast for another 3 weeks
3. Wrist brace for 4 weeks as much as possible. Only remove for showering and swimming.
The brace is to prevent her from re-fracturing her wrist again. Callie has handled it all pretty well and I've been impressed with how resilient and independent she's been considering she has only one functioning hand/arm. Also a huge shout out to my friend Danean for suggesting this big blue waterproof arm cast cover. It's been a life-saver. It's made showers and playing in the water so much more manageable and possible.
Callie actually ended up with 3 different casts. Her 2nd cast was cutting her wrist a little and super uncomfortable so we went in and they redid it. I'm so thankful for great Doctors and staff to help us and take care of Callie. Also I'm so grateful she didn't need surgery and her wrist is healing well just in time for summer! (Side note: Callie's friend at school Elle has a mom who is an orthopaedic surgeon and what are the odds that she works at the exact facility that we took Callie too! So of course we made sure to always schedule with Dr. Burns! Callie will be swimming with Elle this summer we are so excited for the summer time shenanigans to begin!)
Broken on March 23:
After casting for 6 weeks:
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