Well we’ve done all we can and now we just wait for the healing…

So this was our week:

Monday evening Rose fell down 3-4 stairs at her grandparent's home. Since 

it was late in the day, our doctor could not see us and we ended up at an urgent care facility. They did x-rays and thought she had nursemaids elbow in her right arm. After doing what they could they sent us home and told us to check back. Rose's arm was very swollen Tuesday morning so we made an appointment and took her to our doctor who then sent us to an orthopedic specialist. Several more x-rays later...her beautiful little arm was broken from her fall. We then went to St Chris's on Wednesday to meet with a pediatric orthopedic specialist and were scheduled for surgery first thing Friday.

Friday morning we left home around 4am, Rose was checked into St Chris’s at 6am, and headed off to surgery at 8am. Dr Sefair said he does these surgeries multiple times a week and that Rose was a terrific patient. I cannot tell you how sad I was when my little angel was taken back to anesthesiology and the next time I saw her she was waking up with monitors on her chest and an IV in her tiny hand L Rose requested an orange cast and that’s what she got…mommy and daddy were supposed to get black casts (I guess she was on a Halloween theme). 

Recovering Friday and Saturday was not wonderful. Rose ate well, but was very sensitive about everything. We would ask her if she wanted something and she would say ‘yes’ and ‘no’ and then just cry L It’s really hard as a mommy not to make your baby feel better… Friday Rose slept in bed with us. Honestly, I think she was scared to go to sleep without us.

Saturday night was much better and Rose took a great nap and slept through the night in her crib. Sunday she woke up seeming like the wonderful little girl I have come to treasure J We had our speech session, but Rose asked to stay home rather than go to church. We did take her out for a short Home Depot run and mostly are going to try and get back into a pretty normal schedule this week. Rose has to wear a sling to ensure that she is not moving her arm around. We have a follow up appointment on Wednesday and then will know when the cast is coming off (we were told probably about 3 weeks). Rose cannot get the cast wet or dirty...

  

Looking back there are definitely some different choices I would have made…

I am very grateful her fall was not more serious, it was an accident. Rose is usually very good with walking up and down stairs. That said, I am human, and have gone through (and continue to go through) a lot of emotions.

I am really grateful for all the support from family and friends including my supervisor and coworkers, who managed to cover a lot while I was off this week. I only worked Monday this week and Justin only had full days on Monday and Thursday (I am also grateful to Justin's boss (my dad) for being so flexible!). Justin and I keep saying it's like we lost a week not just work, but doing anything. Rose also missed her first new music class on Saturday. Today we got some things done and I am very hopeful that although things will be very busy for us and very different, that will will get back on track!

…it’s been a looooong week!