Sometimes being a mom is hard. Kids get their feelings hurt and it hurts your heart, kids get physically hurt and you wish it was you. The latter is what happened to me this weekend.Scarlett broke her arm on Sunday night at 9:00 pm. She was being wild and I had her go calm down in another room for awhile, but she came back out and was bouncing off the walls. She started to climb up on the outside of the banister and fell off of the 5th stair up and landing with all of her weight on her left hand. I could immediately tell something was wrong. She started screaming about her arm, and I could see it just looked odd. Seth and I carefully packed her up and took her to the er. She was trying to hard to be brave, but you could tell she was in so much pain.
We got there and waited fo 25 minutes and then they took us back and x-rayed her. The Er doc came in and told us that it her elbow looked dislocated and possibly fractured. The orthopedic surgeon was on his way too look at the pics and to talk to us. They set everything up to put her to sleep temporarily and reset the elbow, but thankfully it wasn't dislocated, but fractured in multiple areas and it was pushing out her growth plate, which would require surgery and pins to fix, or she could be disfigured, disabled, or not have full range of motion.
We got there and waited fo 25 minutes and then they took us back and x-rayed her. The Er doc came in and told us that it her elbow looked dislocated and possibly fractured. The orthopedic surgeon was on his way too look at the pics and to talk to us. They set everything up to put her to sleep temporarily and reset the elbow, but thankfully it wasn't dislocated, but fractured in multiple areas and it was pushing out her growth plate, which would require surgery and pins to fix, or she could be disfigured, disabled, or not have full range of motion.
So they admitted us to the hospital. We got to our room at about 1:00 am. They gave her morphine for the pain and she finally slept. She was hilarious though while on it. Oh....the stories we will have for when she is older. I spe
nt the night there with her.
nt the night there with her.Monday she had her surgery at 3:00 pm. She was so brave. She took her stuffed kitty Dinah with her. Her nurse put a cap on her, just like Scarlett had. When she was done the Dr. came and talked to us and told us everything went great. They said I could go back to see her. She was bawling and screaming in pain. It was so hard to try and not show my tears to her so I could be brave and show her she could too. They gave her 3 doses of something, plus a dose of tylenol with codeine and nothing was helping. She was in horrible pain for about 3 hours and then they finally gave her morphine and she fell asleep and took a good long nap. She ate a little bit for dinner. All she had been talking about all day was how she was hungry and wanted a turkey sandwich with mayo and cherry jello. Then she slept for most of the night.
We were going to try and come home, but her pain still wasn't being managed well and she had developed a fever. She made the decision to spend the night. She was terrified that her arm would start hurting again. We all agreed it was a good idea, so we spent the night. We final
ly got to come after she ate breakfast and lunch there, her fever was gone, and her pain was under control.
I was so glad to come home. I had been at the hospital since Sunday night and it was Tuesday. I was wearing the same clothes and hadn't showered or left the hospital. I missed Abram, Maxon and Zane.
We were going to try and come home, but her pain still wasn't being managed well and she had developed a fever. She made the decision to spend the night. She was terrified that her arm would start hurting again. We all agreed it was a good idea, so we spent the night. We final
ly got to come after she ate breakfast and lunch there, her fever was gone, and her pain was under control.I was so glad to come home. I had been at the hospital since Sunday night and it was Tuesday. I was wearing the same clothes and hadn't showered or left the hospital. I missed Abram, Maxon and Zane.
Scarlett is doing great. She is trying to do more than she should though. She is in a splint till all the swelling goes down. She will be getting her hard cast next Tuesday. She is so excited and debating what color to get. She will be out of school till she gets her hard cast because her cast is too soft and it would be risky to go and play at school. All in all she is doing well, but keep us in your thoughts and prayers that everything heals and that stays pain free!
Enjoy the video of her interview when we got home today!
