Sunday evening the girls went outside to play for a few minutes before it was time to get ready for bed, I went upstairs to put Landon down and next thing I know Kaylie was running up the stairs crying. I didn't think too much of it at first because those of you who know Kaylie know that she is very sensitive. I told her she was tired and it was time for bed. I was getting her pj's and noticed that she was trying to get on her bed and couldn't. Her little left arm was just hanging there and looked WAY bigger than her other arm. I softly touched it and she screamed out in agony. I knew it wasn't good. I called my parents who drove over asap and we headed to the ER.
This is Kaylie's good arm
And this is the broken one
The doctor took one look at it and right away said it's defiantly broken. And sent to to XRAY to be sure. This was Kaylie right before she got her xrays, she was pretty happy because the nurses were lovin on her and kept making her laugh.
After getting the XRAYS back the doctor decided to keep her over night and get her into surgery first thing in the morning. WHAT? SURGERY? Why can't you just put a cast on it and send us on our way? It just so happens that Kaylie broke her arm in one of the only spots that you have to do surgery for to fix. She had to get 2 pins placed in her arm too. GREAT! It's also in a nasty place. The cast has to go from her hand all the way to her shoulder. Poor little girl. We didn't get any sleep at all that night and we were up bright and early for surgery.
Kaylie before...
The surgery lasted about 45 mins. They doc came out and said that everything went super well and he was really please with the surgery. A few min's later Kaylie was headed back to her room for recovery.
Kaylie after...
She was traumatized after she woke up. She screamed, bawled and threw a HUGE fit! She even pulled out one of the cords that was hooked to her with her teeth. It was so crazy. The nurses said that it was normal for a kid her age to react like that. This is it is a HUGE deal for her and that she doesn't really have the words yet to tell us what is going on in her mind. After a good long nap and some lunch she was cleared to go home.
The girls rode out in style...
We're finally home and Kaylie seems to be doing pretty well as long as I keep her medicated. She's being super spoiled with watching movies and being waited on hand and foot and she's taking advantage of every minute of it.
Here she is talking to her Daddy telling him about it all...
The worst part of all of this is that we leave for Disneyland in 8 days. Wish us luck!!!
