Ady's owie

Summertime always brings adventure and as you know we've had our fill of them... so we weren't planning on having any more for a while until 3 weeks ago, our first Thursday night home from our trip.... Adyson was being goofy and her usual "monkey." Her hands were sweaty so as she was climbing the doorway of our pantry she slipped and fell. She usually has a loud cry anyway but when she wouldn't let anyone get near her arm and she couldn't walk or move we knew that something was wrong. At 9:00 pm. Jeff and I decided that we might as well get her arm checked out before it had to be a midnight ER visit. At 10:30 Jeff called from the ER and told me that Ady would need surgery because she broke her arm on the growth plate and damaged it. They were on their way to the Seattle Children's Hospital. Ady was given the choice to have surgery that night or in the morning. Ady wanted it right then to not only "get it over with" but she knew there would be traffic in the morning and it would be easier on Jeff to not have to drive to Seattle in the morning. (Can you tell she is our amiable-peacemaking-always-thinking-of-others girl?) I called our awesome home teacher, Dave Swan who met Jeff and Ady in the parking lot and gave her a Priesthood blessing. I arrived to give books, insulin, blankets and snacks in case of a long night plus lots of hugs and kisses to Ady. I ached inside thinking that she was going to be having surgery and praying my hardest that it wouldn't really have to happen.

Well, to make a long story a bit short Ady and Jeff arrived home at 4:30 am. without any surgery. They had a specialist check out the X-rays and even take more x-rays and decided that she was ok without surgery. I don't understand all the details whether someone made a mistake at her initial diagnosis or whether her arm was healed after the Priesthood blessing (my choice of course) but I do know that we were all so grateful for specialists and for Heavenly Father who is the ultimate specialist.

Here is Ady trying to stay awake waiting the verdict on her arm. Surgery? or not? Damaged growth plate or just broken?

They wrapped it up in a temporary cast and sling. Such a pain literally not only her arm but now she had neck aches from the sling.
Five days later she returned for the official cast... awesome GREEN! We bought a plastic shower cover for the cast so she could still swim and stuff but it wasn't 100% waterproof, not to mention how freaking HOT her poor arm was in that cast. A week later she had to go back to get an X-ray to see how the bone was healing. Perfectly. The nurse noticed that the cast was a bit damp from all the swimming and put on another cast... this time a WATERPROOF pink cast. Holy Cow, did you know they even make waterproof casts? What the? It's a far cry from the plaster ugly white one I had to wear in the 2nd grade.
Just to prove that you can swim in the waterproof cast. We went to the beach one day and Ady got sand down in the cast that hurt her hand. Jeff played doctor and slipped the cast off, shook out the sand and noticed that her hand looked like a withered prune. Hmmmm, we're not sure the cast is 100% waterproof either. After her hand dried he slipped the cast back on like a glove. She's doing fine... learning to be a "lefty" and hoping she can have it off for when school starts so she can write. She loves that she doesn't have to practice the piano but other than that she is not letting it stop her from doing anything... but it is SO hot.