So, it is time that I posted about our latest drama. It is actually kind of hard to post about something that is so sad. Last Saturday, little Brooklyn fell and broke her arm. It all started when I told Brooklyn that she was stinky and that I needed to change her diaper. She took off, running away from me, and went around the bed (where I couldn't see her.) Next, I hear a fall, and her cry. By the time I get over to her (we think that she tripped on some pillows that were on the ground), she is standing up, holding her arm and crying this awful cry. I hold her for a minute and calm her down, and then I changed her diaper. After I was done, she rolled over and tried to get up using her left arm. She couldn't do it, and started crying again, holding her little arm. Ben and I rushed her to Urgent Care across the street. I am bawling worse than Brooklyn at this point, it was very traumatic. They take X-Rays, and the doctor says she sees a break in the radius bone right in the middle of her arm. They splint her up (with four of us holding her while she FIGHTS hard) and put a sling on her, and we head home. It was so sad to watch our little girl be in so much pain, and especially not be able to do the things that she normally does, like push her stroller, and drink from her cup. This is Brooklyn on Saturday after we got her home, she was pretty mellow for 2 days straight:
This is Monday, she seems to be doing better and getting pretty good with one hand. She would come up and tell us though, "Arm
huwt."
She liked her sling because it had "dogs and kids" - Snoopy. : )
The Urgent Care doctor referred us to an orthopedic doctor, just so we were with a specialist. They took some more X-rays, and this is what they found:
Definite breakage!!!
So, little Miss Brooklyn has a new hard splint and a new sling. We go in again next week for more X-rays (just to check the progress), and she has to wear her splint for 3 weeks, but should be completely healed in 6 weeks!
She seems to be in good spirits . . .
Okay, side note: the orthopedic doctor said that kids this age heal 3 times faster than adults. And, that she would probably heal just fine on her own without anything. But because we have
ONE CRAZY LITTLE LADY on our hands, he thought it best that we splint her up to avoid further injury. Smart move on his part, because she is one ACTIVE little girl, and I'm sure that this broken arm won't slow her down too much! : )
And, I decided that I needed to start some type of program to teach Brooklyn (it's the teacher in me), since she is picking up things like crazy these days. With the help of my friend, Linda, my old teaching supplies, and this website - letteroftheweek.com, I now have a (pre)preschool program for the little lady! YAY! Every week, we have a new theme with a new vocabulary word. And each day we add to it with a new shape or color, a new letter of the alphabet, a new number, and a nursery rhyme. Brooklyn loves her poster, and gets so excited when I pull out the new things each day. We do different activities each day that go along with our theme. It is really great, and I love that Brooklyn is so excited about learning. She loves to show Ben what she has learned when he comes home from work, it is so sweet. Yay for smarty pants Brooklyn!
