Guess Who....

Broke



Her



Arm



Last



Night.



It



Wasn't



Morgan.



Surprisingly



Not



Paige



It was Olivia!




All the girls were playing on the swing set before dinner last night and Morgan and Liv were on the slide and Liv fell and broke her arm. Now if you know Olivia she cries the same if she stubs her toe or if she broke her arm. It took us a while to calm her down and then decide that she broke her arm. I took her to the urgent care center at 6 and we got right in. They took x-rays because they weren't sure if it was her writs or her arm. She did so good and was so brave. The x-rays were pretty painful for her because they had to move her arm into all different positions. It turns out she broke her radius (the bigger bone in your arm) on and angle and half way through the ulna. We left there at 7:15 and went to the ER so we could see an Orthopedist to set it for her. We didn't wait too long in the ER (45-1hr)and got a room. It was decided that we would sedate her while they set her arm so that she wouldn't know what was going on. She did so well there at the hospital. I think she was the most afraid to get the IV put in. It only took a few minutes to set the arm and it was put in a splint. There is plaster on the top and bottom but open on the sides to allow for swelling. It is all wrapped up to her elbow. We are able to leave the hospital by 10:30, not to bad, 4 1/2 hrs. The nurse told us Monday's are usually really busy and that it usually takes a lot longer. Liv was pretty afraid to take a shower this morning because she didn't know how she was going to get her clothes off and then get new ones on but we managed and she has perked up a lot. I have gotten her to eat some too. Next Monday we will be going to get new x-rays and a new cast, hopefully one that can get wet (otherwise this will be a long summer). So far we have survived our first broken bone in the family.