I’ve kept wondering when we were going to catch a break. Seems that we may have tonight, but not the kind of break we were hoping for. Heather is off to the hospital with Maddux. She fell out of her bed, in her sleep, and landed on her right wrist. It’s swollen and she can’t move it. She has a very high pain threshold, so when she says something hurts, it must really hurt. Maddux’ bed is a bunk bed and she fell out of the top bunk.

The worst part is that she didn’t even want to come down and tell Mommy & Daddy that she hurt herself, worried that we’d be upset that she wasn’t sleeping. It was on a hunch that I went up to see if everything was OK, as I had heard a loud thump a little while earlier. I opened her door and she looked over at me and said “Hi, Daddy.” I asked her how come she was still awake. She burst into tears and showed me her wrist. She was shaking like a Pomeranian, too. Poor girl was in shock. Somehow, even with a very sore wrist, she managed to climb back into her bed, which is no easy feat, even when both your wrists work. Below is a picture of her bed; notice the ladder up the side. That’s where she fell down from. Yikes!

My worst fear as a child was breaking something during summer break and not being able to enjoy summer to its fullest. Today was Maddux’ first full day off of school. She wasn’t even able to make it one full day. I feel so sad for her.

Update 2010-06-19 2:37 AM:
Yup, it’s broken. Poor girl.

The bulge is where the green-stick fracture is.

Maddux and her splint.

Update 2010-06-24:

Just got back from the hospital. The splint wasn’t working very well for her, so we had her arm put in a cast instead. She was delighted!

Update 2010-06-30:

Just got back from the hospital again. Everything is good. She has another appointment in a couple weeks for x-rays and to likely get her cast off. She’ll be so disappointed to not have her purple cast any longer. However, the doctor said that they could remove it in such a way that she can keep it and use it for “dress-ups”.

Update 2010-07-14:

Maddux got her cast off today.

Waiting to see the doctor. Her teddy bear, Rupert, came along for moral support.

The technician is removing her cast.

No more cast! Yippee!

The fracture healed up very nicely.