With her left arm outstretched to break her fall, my little girl's humerus snapped just above the elbow joint causing a complete and dislocated supracondyle fracture of the humerus!
It was an easy process to switch gears from having too much to do to having nothing else that mattered besides my Meah. I was supposed to be helping out with the preschool rummage sale this weekend and it would have taken up my Friday evening and all day Saturday. But, in that instance, nothing else mattered.
So, we spent 24 hrs in the hospital. Meah ended up having surgery to reset her bone and place 3 pins. The surgery took less than an hour and we were fortunate that they were able to reset the bone without having to open her up. According to the orthopedists, 6 months from now, we should not be able to tell anything ever happened. Thank God children heal so quickly.
It is amazing how quickly the little things that were so important, so vital to my success of being a productive person, can melt away and become insignificant. Friends have pitched in to make meals and bring gifts. My Anatomy & Physiology exam on Monday is still looming over me, but remarkably, I have no stress.
Though I am not glad my daughter broke her arm, I am thankful that the resulting environment I find myself in. I am calm, not stressed and appreciative of the fortune that it was just her arm and not something life threatening. She will make it throught his injry and recovery, and she will have a fun story to tell when she's older.
We are decorating her cast today. Should be a fun time!
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