Emily's Purple Addition

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!