We will be forever thankful for all the wonderful doctors and nurses at the hospital who took such great care of her. And what luck it was for the attending to the mother of one of the kids in Addy's pre-K class.
The first 24 hours were rough. The cast they put on at the emergency room was huge, and HEAVY, and there was swelling and itching and pain. Not pretty. But Addy managed it so well.
On Day 2, we tried to work on using her left arm. Left arm science experiments did the trick!
And then on Day 3, she got her permanent cast. This lightweight, waterproof, electric pink cast. We went from the doctor's office to the craft store and bought Sharpie markers.
Three weeks later, it's off.
Addy broke her arm one week before the beginning of Kindergarten. And her right arm, of course. Looking back on that first week of school, it definitely compounded the anxiety she was feeling. Addy talked about being worried about not being able to do everything the other kids were doing but simultaneously worried that she wouldn't know what was safe to do if Mom and Dad weren't around. So I couldn't help but include this except of a note from Addy's kindergarten teacher: We played on the playground today, and she's a little trooper; seemed to be doing everything! (Kindergarten children have a rule for no monkey bars until spring! Adelaide laughed at that one!).
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