The afternoon after Jared ran his half-marathon we all returned home for what we (at least I) thought would be a nice, quiet Saturday at home.Boy was I wrong!!
I had been running some errands and when I pulled into the driveway I was greeted by Logan who informed me that Megan had fallen and was really hurt. When I got into the house she was sitting on the couch with ice packs on both of her wrists.
Apparently she had been riding our toddler scooter along the sidewalk when she hit a raised crack in the sidewalk. DOWN she went with both of her hands out in front to catch herself!
After a while she was able to move her right hand, but her left wrist was still hurting.
After about an hour of her just sitting there (and remember this is MEGAN we're talking about) I decided to take her in for an X-ray.
So after a visit to the pediatrician where she received a fancy new splint and sling, a trip over to the hospital for the x-ray, a jaunt over to Sonic for a slushy drink to make the patient feel better, we arrived home just in time for the radiologist to call us and confirm what we suspected. . . . She had indeed broken her left wrist.
Later that evening however Megan started to complain that her right wrist was also hurting. So we wrapped it up and decided to see what it felt like in the morning. And in the morning it didn't feel too great. And in the afternoon it didn't feel too great. And by Sunday night we knew it was either sprained or broken.
So Monday morning, we headed down to the pediatrician's office where Megan received another splint (but no sling this time) and then it was over to the hospital for another set of x-rays. I pretty much knew it was broken when the x-ray tech came back in and told me 'he just wanted to get one more angle.'
And an hour later it was official: there was a break in the right wrist also!
Poor Megan!!!
Luckily the breaks weren't too bad and my pediatrician was able to cast them. Which they did the next day, Tuesday.
Megan didn't even want to hear the color options-it would be purple for her!
She had a few challenges in the beginning:
Our biggest hurdle was using the bathroom at school. It's a little hard to get your pants buttoned and pulled up, but that's why Big Sisters were invented right?!
She's missed every soccer game but one.
And homework takes a little bit longer to do if she wants the teacher to be able to read her writing!
And lately, she's been breaking out into hives on both arms!
But despite those setbacks, life with 2 broken wrists isn't all bad!
For instance, you get a lot of sympathy from family members and even total strangers!
Sometimes you even get a gift or two to cheer you up! Like new CDs or a pair of cute new PJs.
But the best thing of all: No practicing the piano!
