Kate's Hurt Arm

Kate had a little accident involving a foot powered car and an underage driver. Wade was driving and Kate was riding on the top of the car. Wade drove off the porch throwing Kate off the top of the car. We did not take her to the doctor until the next day when she still was not using that arm and it was swelling. Our pediatrician took one look and said it is broken. She scared me by talking about surgery and pins. She sent us for an x-ray.

I had a flash back. My sister and I, between us both, had two elbow surgeries, a broken arm, and a sprained arm. I still have a pin in my elbow. I was really hoping not to go that road.

Luckily the doctor called that evening to tell me the arm was not broken. She did want me to go to the ER and get her arm stabilized because even though the arm was not broken there were growth plates and other things that could be wrong. She wanted us to see an orthopedic doctor. This is Kate after she got her splint in the ER. She was so tired and just wanted to go home.

Kate did just fine with her arm bandaged up. She actually really enjoyed the extra attention. And boy did it bring back memories for me. This is Kate much happier a few days later.
We went for our appointment with the orthopedic doctor about a week later. He thought she had hyper-extended her arm when she fell. He took the splint off her arm and gave her strict instructions to keep her feet on the ground for two weeks. That meant no trampoline, gymnastics, bicycles, scooters, skates, and tricycles. Swimming was okay!! This was going to be very hard for Kate....she is more than just a little active. She has done very good following the doctors orders.

Two weeks later her arm is still pretty stiff. Bending and straightening beyond a certain point still hurts her. I am a little concerned about this. We go back to the doctor next week. He told us if she was still hurting he would order another x-ray. Sometimes hairline fractures don't show up right away. Lets hope everything straightens out with her elbow, literally, before we go back.