Thursday, January 14, 2010
Cast: part 2
So as happens fairly frequently with young kids, the short arm cast slid off. Trying to remove her coat was the problem. I tried to put it back on right away, but Camryn ran away yelling "No!". It didn't even last 24 hours. The newer version (applied by Dad) should stay put and has already been decorated. She looks happy now, but it wasn't that way initially.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
No bunk-beds were harmed...
The bunk-beds weren't even involved but knowing that would be the first question, considering our past history, I thought it'd be best to clear that up right off.
So on Monday I was sitting at the computer cataloging pictures on the computer when Camryn fell off the other office chair and landed on our hardwood floor. She had a good cry and told me her arm hurt, but then went off to play. Throughout the day I would notice her holding her arm once in a while but not excessively and she played fine all the while.
Tuesday came nicely enough but when Camryn turned and knocked her arm on the banister she really let out a cry. I had Aaron check it that night and with Aaron using all of his training and almost no response from Camryn with all sorts of checking we decided it was nothing.
This morning (Wednesday) Camryn was throwing a fit because I was washing her blanket and as she went to leave the laundry room tripped on the clothes basket and fell over onto the carpet. She once again landed on her arm, but this time she screamed and I couldn't find a way to calm her down. Off to the clinic we went and 30 minutes later we were looking at her x-ray and a small but noticeable buckle fracture in both her distal radius and ulna.
The casting went smoothly, minus that fact that they didn't have any colors, and thankfully it's only a short cast because that whole way out of the clinic and to the car Cammer was yelling "mom! take it off!". She better is now. I was hoping that this would prompt the end of thumb sucking (she's a left-thumb sucker) but she is obviously ambidextrous in that department so there goes that hope.
Sydney was with me during this whole process and when it was mentioned that she's the only kid to not have a cast now she looked at me and said "I want a cast too! Really bad!". With 2 out of 3 now having had a cast, I'd say the odds were in her favor.
So on Monday I was sitting at the computer cataloging pictures on the computer when Camryn fell off the other office chair and landed on our hardwood floor. She had a good cry and told me her arm hurt, but then went off to play. Throughout the day I would notice her holding her arm once in a while but not excessively and she played fine all the while.
Tuesday came nicely enough but when Camryn turned and knocked her arm on the banister she really let out a cry. I had Aaron check it that night and with Aaron using all of his training and almost no response from Camryn with all sorts of checking we decided it was nothing.
This morning (Wednesday) Camryn was throwing a fit because I was washing her blanket and as she went to leave the laundry room tripped on the clothes basket and fell over onto the carpet. She once again landed on her arm, but this time she screamed and I couldn't find a way to calm her down. Off to the clinic we went and 30 minutes later we were looking at her x-ray and a small but noticeable buckle fracture in both her distal radius and ulna.
The casting went smoothly, minus that fact that they didn't have any colors, and thankfully it's only a short cast because that whole way out of the clinic and to the car Cammer was yelling "mom! take it off!". She better is now. I was hoping that this would prompt the end of thumb sucking (she's a left-thumb sucker) but she is obviously ambidextrous in that department so there goes that hope.
Sydney was with me during this whole process and when it was mentioned that she's the only kid to not have a cast now she looked at me and said "I want a cast too! Really bad!". With 2 out of 3 now having had a cast, I'd say the odds were in her favor.
Hope you are better than this - Carolyn
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