April 5, 2009---We picked up the kids from grandmother's house Sunday afternoon. Anna Catherine was eager to show us how she could climb to the top of the swing set, hold onto the top bar with her hands, pull her feet up to the bar, and flip off landing on her feet. She did this twice for us but had apparently been doing all afternoon. As we were packing up the van she asked to do it one more time. I should have said "NO"!!!!!! But, I said okay and turned to put more things into the van. Immediately I heard shrieking screams and AC was holding her arm. We knew she was hurt but couldn't tell if it was broken, sprained, bruised internally, etc. Rather than going to a doctor there we decided to get on the road and make a decision once we were home. Grandmother made an ice pack for the ride home. It was still swollen and hurting when we got home. I asked if she wanted to go to the hospital but she was tired and just wanted to go to sleep. I gave her motrin and iced it again before going to bed. We went to the doctor Monday morning and the x-ray showed that she had broken her wrist--a clean break all the way across. We were referred to a pediatric orthopedic specialist that afternoon. The bones in her wrist had shifted so Dr. Robbins had to push them back into place to set her arm. Can you say PAINFUL?!?! He put a temporary cast on that allowed for swelling. AC had a rainbow of colors to choose from and she opted for hot pink. She will have three casts over the next several weeks.
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