And it's surely not to be the last. What starts with a thud and ends with a shriek? That would be Adrienne breaking her arm. She was sliding down the banister - something I could swear I've told her not to do before (about 600 times). She flipped over the side and landed flat on her face on our hardwood floors. Matt and I were in the kitchen at the time and Luke and Coco were in their rooms so no one actually saw Ade's failed dismount attempt. Were weren't sure how serious the injury was so we tried to settle her down on the couch with some boo boo patches (kids gel -ice packets). We ended up bring her to the pediatrician at 8:00 pm, they sent us to an extended hours orthopedist across the the street and there we learned she had earned herself a hot pink cast. She cracked it pretty good - a fracture at the radial head and one on the ulna. Luckily for both of us, they did not need to set it. They wrapped her up and we were on our way home by 9:30 pm. I've actually spent more time at the dr.'s office for strep throat.
The first 2 days she was in a little pain but not bad. What bothered her most was the itching under the cast. A week after the fact and she's started sleeping through the night again. The cast has slower her down much. She still wrestles with her brother, jumps on the furniture and does the 25 yard dash in the living room. I even caught her 6 feet up on the rock wall at the JCC yesterday.
A few more weeks in the cast and she'll be as good as new.
