My Poor Baby

On Tuesday, while playing in the living room with Kaleb, Emerson's arm got hurt. I had been in the kitchen making lunch for only a few minutes when I heard her cry. This was definitely a different cry, a hurt cry. After she calmed down she ate lunch and took a nap. We were then gone from the house for the rest of the afternoon. In the evening is when we noticed how hurt her arm really was. Had she not been crawling yet, we probably would have missed it because she was still using that hand and arm to play and grab. When she tried to crawl though, she was not able to put pressure on her right hand so she would immediately drop to her forearm. By the next morning nothing had changed so I took her in and her dr. ordered x-rays. They found that she did have a buckle fracture down by her wrist. I don't speak dr. and no longer have the report, but only one cortex in the bone has the fracture and it is not displaced at all.

Yesterday we got into the orthopedic. He said that the fracture is actually pretty minor in that if it were an adult he would just suggest wrapping it, putting it in a sling and being very careful. But, as Emerson is now crawling around and pulling herself up there is a much higher chance that she could hurt it again while it heals. He felt it was just safer to go with a cast so we agreed. He also felt that because he arm is so small that they should do a full arm cast because there would only be a tiny bit of material if it was stopped before the elbow and she could probably end up pulling it off. She only has to wear it for 2-3 weeks. Luckily we will stil have one last week of summer to go swimming before I go back to work.

So, I'm feeling incredible guilt that this happened to my baby. I'm wishing that I would have taken her into the kitchen with me. Although I do know that accidents are bound to happen. Kaleb just wants to play with his sister. He doesn't understand that she can't do all the things he can but wants to help her try. Some times he pushes, pulls and tugs too hard. I'm guessing that she was pulling up to her toy and he bumped, pushed or tried to move her which made her fall the wrong way onto that wrist.

She is being a trooper though. Aside from it being cumbersome and not allowing her to move in the same way as before she isn't letting it get in her way. She is still all over the place. She uses her left hand to grab at everything. I am worried about her clunking herself in the head especially because the cast is so heavy, but I think she is doing pretty well so far.

Here are a few pictures of the cast and from the day of the accident.

You wouldn't know that it is already fractured in this picture because she still continued to use her right hand to grab and lift things.

Kaleb and Jaden at the beach.

Kaleb has learned how to 'dive'. Notice the eyes wide open!