Lots of firsts this morning: Emily's 1st trip to the ER, Emily's 1st broken bone, Emily's 1st cast, Laurie and Derek's near-1st nervous breakdown!
Like I just said...Emily is ok!!! We are ok!!!
I got up to feed Emily at 2am this morning. I was holding her on my right hip and she suddenly arched her back and started falling backward. I caught her by the left thigh before she hit the floor head-first (thank God) and heard a small pop. She and I both freaked out and woke Derek up.
Took her to the emergency room and she has a crack in her left thigh bone. She got wrapped up in a splint in the ER and we were home for 4:30am. She slept until 6:30, then woke up in a good bit of pain. Don't know who was taking it worse, Laurie, Derek or Emily.
Took her to a pediatric orthopedist around 10 who put her in a teeny pink cast. She'll have to keep it on for about 4 weeks. She's much more content in the cast, since it keeps her leg pretty still. Thankfully, she has been sleeping most of the day so far and has medicine for her pain.
Definitely not what we had planned, but we're counting our blessings that it wasn't much, much worse. Keep her in your prayers!
2 comments:
Poor little sweetheart. Glad she got some pain meds, but you better watch her with those; don't want a baby junkie! Joking of course.Just trying to lighten the mood. Are you going to have people sign the cast? All of her daycare friends can scribble on it.Glad you are all ok and hope Miss Em continues to rest well. Also, love the diaper head pics!
HI
SHE WAS SO LUCKY HER HEAD DIDN'T HIT THE FLOOR A LEG CAN GET BETTER I CAN PROMISE IT WON'T BE YOUR LAST NERVOUS BREAK DOWN....
NANNY
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