Broken Bones

The first bones ever broken on the Kennedy side of the family. The third for Kevin's side, I think. The "zip line" at Larz Anderson Playground was too much for Morgan. After about a dozen times of going on that thing, her hand slipped, and she fell....landed on her back which was over her right arm.

After a drive home with Daddy, Maddie & Connor to drop off the other troops (and pick up Mommy), I took Morgan to the ER. THe drive there was full of conversation and crying - worried about if she could go to school, how will she write, and then, of course, worried about why she didn't need to take an ambulance to the hospital!!

We arrived, went straight to triage where they offered her some motrin. Of course, only Morgan, would refuse it because it was a "dropper" and not in pill/meltaway form. (Reminds me of all the times we had to sit on her and hold her down from about age 1 and on to give her medicine before she could take the pills.)

2 x-rays later and we learn it's a "buckle fracture" by her forearm/wrist area - not fully broken but about halfway. She still needs a cast, but instead of about a 6 week one, this one's on for 3 weeks. We'll go back at the end of September & they'll x-ray it again, make sure it's healed and then probably just keep it off.

She seems to be doing just fine. The day after was definitely the worst - besides an emotional roller coaster - she was in more pain than she was the night she got the cast. Morgan is anticipating the start of school on Thursday where everyone will see it & be able to sign her cast!

(She has yet to learn she'll be out of sports at school for 3 weeks, but I'm sure she'll manage). That's actually probably the hardest part of all -- no bike riding (with no training wheels!), no playground, soccer, "football" as the doctor said, and limited running or doing anything where she could fall on it. He did, however, approve of Irish Step Dancing!!! :)