We found another Tough Chick in the family! On Sunday morning, while riding her bike, Hadley (age 10) took a spill. She actually broke both bones in her forearm. The ER put her in a temporary half-cast - they say those are better for swelling.
No one is more apt to change than kids. Hadley was surfin' the net by 5 pm!
On Monday we went to see Dr. Kolb, the orthopedic doctor, and he said Hadley's bones were aligned, but bent 20 degrees. She would have surgery on Tuesday to straighten out the bones.
He thought he would just be able to press on them and bend them into place, but every time he pushed, they moved. He ended up making an incision and putting a tool in her arm to keep two bones aligned while he bent the other two. Yikes! The good thing is that they gave her gas to knock her out and gave her the IV once she was out.
Hadley woke up with a pretty, purple cast!
And it was all just in time for school to start that Friday! Hadley wanted some stylish slings, so we made a stop at the fabric store to get some "cool" material. She made 4 slings for her arm. Haden has been helping out by hooking Hadley's seat belt and holding her ice cream bowl so it doesn't slide all over the place. What a nice brother!
Hadley can't crochet very easy, so she's hung up her crochet needles for 6 weeks. Grandma may need to give her a refresher course when that cast comes off. As for homework, she broke her left arm and she's right handed so no school work shall suffer!
