First broken bone

You may have noticed that Jocelyn had a cast on her arm in the previous post. I neglected to blog about that experience. Here is what happened.

While we were in Colorado Jocelyn fell down the stairs, about 4 of them, carpeted. She was carrying her princess dress in her arms and tripped. She tumbled actually. She cried right away and I could tell she was in pain. Her wrist was a little red and I iced it and the redness went away. She immediately wanted a nap (at 11:30am) and woke up in pain again. So I gave her pain reliever and monitored it for the rest of the day. When Tyler examined her much later in the day he noticed it hurt when he turned it a certain way (like when his arm broke so many years ago) and it was starting to swell a lot more. So after calling insurance people and trying to find a provider that would accept out of state insurance, we took her to the ER the next day. She did great. Didn't cry once. After the X-rays she perked right up and became more active with the Dr's. Of course, I couldn't go in with her to get the X-rays but she did fine with Tyler. So, she came away with a splint and a sling. It's really cute actually. She has two minor buckled fractures, one on each of her arm bones. I am glad we went in to the ER! (we were only there for 2 hours!). And the attending nurse said we did the right thing by waiting to see if it got worse before taking her in.

Here are the photos of her right after we got home. Sammy took the "leg" shot.



She'll have to wear her cast for 4 weeks total and she does great with it. Even with the little blisters and chaffing it causes her. And by the way, try, at all costs, to avoid doing any medical stuff out of state. Even if your insurance is willing to be billed....the other state may not be willing to bill them. So you'll get stuck with the bill. Such a pain!! We even waited a few extra days (with permission from the nurses, of course) to get her cast on so we could drive to Utah early and not have to pay for an orthopedic surgeon to put it on in Colorado! Crazy!

So, we have our first broken bone with the kids. But like I said, Joc is a trooper. If Samuel so much as gets a splinter, he shrieks, kicks and screams in pain. I am glad it was Joc and not Sammy. Knock on wood he doesn't break anything any time soon.