I forgot to mention that lovely
addition to Emily's leg. A couple
of weeks before Christmas,
Emily was at recess and was
being chased by one of the
boys from her class from last
year. In her efforts to get away
from him, she fell and twisted
her ankle. After a brief sojorn
to the school nurse's office, she
resumed her school day schedule.
I was never called which is very
unlike the Nurse Vicky.
She'll call about anything.
At the end of the day,
out came a gimpy Emily. On the
way to Mom's house, she asked if
she could take her shoe off. I said
"no", because if it was swollen,
I was afraid we wouldn't get it back
on. Once there, I took a look at
it and her ankle was huge. A call
to the doctor's office had us making
a trip to the ER. Thankfully no
major injury and no damage to the
growth plate. They sent her home
in a walking boot and said to follow
up with an Orthopedist.
The Orthopedist said she had a
small fracture of her ankle bone.
It wasn't that bad an injury,
but his fear was what might
happen if a secondary injury should
occur. He mentioned surgery,
possible pins and I immediately
was on board for a cast.
Emily has been purple cast free for
2 weeks and has been sporting an
air cast since then. Today is her last
day in the air cast. YEAH.
I was not sorry to see the cast go.
I was especially not sorry to not
smell the cast anymore. P U!
