Here is Bella's poor little wrist. So this is how it all went down.....We live about 1 1/2 miles from the school, well that is my guess at least. Bella loves to walk home after school with her girlfriends. She met up with her friend Chelsea but they both wanted to catch up with Chelsea's sister. So they started running and were going down a slight hill when Bella tripped on her backpack and landed on her arm. This happened half way home. Bella said that a nice woman who always walks her dog tried to help, she offered to let Bella use her cell phone so she could call us, and she even offered to make the call. Bella's stranger danger signals went up and even though she had a broken arm she wasn't about to give this woman her phone number. So she walked all the way home in pain and crying. Her cute friends carried all her stuff for her and walked her to our door and you should have seen the concern on their faces. I think they knew that Bella didn't just get a few scrapes and bruises. The lady with her dog also walked with them and made sure she made it ok. When she got home I saw her walking up to the door and I could tell something was wrong. Greg saw that I was alarmed and he ran out there too. We took one look at her arm and just said "Ok, lets go to the ER."
At the ER the doctor did the same. Took one look at it and could tell it was broken. They gave her a needle in her arm for the various drugs that they were going to give her, and to my surprise she didn't even move when they put it in. Then they gave her 2mg of morphine which kind of surprised me at first, but it totally helped her relax and I think that made all the difference on how the rest of the visit went. After x-rays we learned that she had a "very significant" fracture on her wrist which did extend to her growth plate. That means that there is a 3-5 percent chance that her arm may not grow properly. Not a big chance but it is still present. The doctor also determined that he needed to do a reduction which to my understanding is a fancy term for having to manually force the bones back into alignment for proper growth. This makes me cringe. The doctor reccommended sedating her for this and I totally agreed. So, they popped her sedative into her arm, she talked like she was tossed for a few minutes, told us all we were spinning, told us that she likes to talk in her sleep, and then almost instantly her chin dropped and she was out. They asked us to leave since the reduction process can be pretty intense. 5-7 minutes later it was all over and he was putting the cast stuff on when we went in. Since she was still asleep Greg and I asked the nurses to clean out her cuts really good with alcohol or whatever they use. The nurse happily did this but it started to wake Bella up and she said "Stop licking me Daisy." This made us all laugh. The whole waking up process was hilarious too. She said the funniest things, and when she was really awake it was like she was on crack. She just wouldn't stop talking. They sent us home with a liquid narcotic since the reduction can cause pain afterwards. We gave her that a couple times throughout the night, but after seeing her this morning I think she will not need anymore. She will be seen in a week to make sure the wrist is still in alignment, and at that time she can pick out a color for her cast. In about 3-4 weeks if the doctor thinks everything looks ok he said he will put a waterproof cast on HOORAY!!! In total she will have to be in some kind of a cast for 6-8 weeks. So that's it! She is doing well now. She has a personal nurse named Sophie who takes care of her every need. As I type Sophie is putting socks on Bella's feet since Bella said her feet are cold. She makes sure Bella has a blanket and her favorite bear. I love it! Thanks for all the phone calls and concerns.
At the ER the doctor did the same. Took one look at it and could tell it was broken. They gave her a needle in her arm for the various drugs that they were going to give her, and to my surprise she didn't even move when they put it in. Then they gave her 2mg of morphine which kind of surprised me at first, but it totally helped her relax and I think that made all the difference on how the rest of the visit went. After x-rays we learned that she had a "very significant" fracture on her wrist which did extend to her growth plate. That means that there is a 3-5 percent chance that her arm may not grow properly. Not a big chance but it is still present. The doctor also determined that he needed to do a reduction which to my understanding is a fancy term for having to manually force the bones back into alignment for proper growth. This makes me cringe. The doctor reccommended sedating her for this and I totally agreed. So, they popped her sedative into her arm, she talked like she was tossed for a few minutes, told us all we were spinning, told us that she likes to talk in her sleep, and then almost instantly her chin dropped and she was out. They asked us to leave since the reduction process can be pretty intense. 5-7 minutes later it was all over and he was putting the cast stuff on when we went in. Since she was still asleep Greg and I asked the nurses to clean out her cuts really good with alcohol or whatever they use. The nurse happily did this but it started to wake Bella up and she said "Stop licking me Daisy." This made us all laugh. The whole waking up process was hilarious too. She said the funniest things, and when she was really awake it was like she was on crack. She just wouldn't stop talking. They sent us home with a liquid narcotic since the reduction can cause pain afterwards. We gave her that a couple times throughout the night, but after seeing her this morning I think she will not need anymore. She will be seen in a week to make sure the wrist is still in alignment, and at that time she can pick out a color for her cast. In about 3-4 weeks if the doctor thinks everything looks ok he said he will put a waterproof cast on HOORAY!!! In total she will have to be in some kind of a cast for 6-8 weeks. So that's it! She is doing well now. She has a personal nurse named Sophie who takes care of her every need. As I type Sophie is putting socks on Bella's feet since Bella said her feet are cold. She makes sure Bella has a blanket and her favorite bear. I love it! Thanks for all the phone calls and concerns.
6 comments:
Oh poor Bella, that looks terrible! We've only had 1 broken bone experience and that was with Zoe when she was 3. Not very fun, but she loved having a pink cast and was already planning the color of her next cast when she breaks her arm again. =) Give her a hug from us!
I feel so bad for her! Thats awesome they'll do a waterproof cast though...and how cute is sophia?
OUCH! Poor girl. At least they put her out for the "reduction". They didn't put me out to do that 12 years ago! They put my arm in some kind of hanging chinese torture trap (at least that's what it seemed like to me) and twisted away! And my parents were in the room. Things sure are different now!
Uh-oh! Are you still gonna make it out to Grasshopper Creek this weekend?! Hope she's feeling better soon:-)
Ok, so apparently I'm really bad at math, and also I am not 18! It wasn't 12 years ago....try more like 22. Wow. I'm retarded. :)
Wow, sounds like it sucked. I enjoyed it when ever anyone in my house comes out of sedation, keeps me laughing. We actually haven't had to deal with broken bones yet- Knock on wood.
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