So today, Em got her cast on. She thought it was the coolest thing in the world (which I promptly told her she had a strange sense of entertainment if she thought that was cool). The doctor was not super concerned about the fracture, and said likely when they re-xray it again in 10 days, it will have healed (kids heal amazingly fast apparently). The fracture does not go all the way through the bone, just enough so that it shows a tiny little line on the xray. The real problem, however, is with the laceration in her thumbnail . Apparently because it is so deep into the nail bed, there is a strong possibility that the nail will not regrow. So the cast is mainly to protect the nail for the next 10 days to see if it will show some signs of healing, as it is quite infected right now. Anyway, she was given a swatch of about 20 different cast colors and she chose yellow because "it matches her dress..." Quite the fashionista if you ask me. Ally has been feigning leg injuries all day because she wants a cast herself. Why do kids miss the point so much?!
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So does this mean she will need to wear yellow for the next 10 days? Tell her purple is complementary to yellow, so that will look very pretty with her cast. :)
I remember wanting to have a cast - however my eighth grade broken foot & crutches put that out of my mind forever... I also remember wanting braces...until I got them... The "we-want-what-we-can't-have" starts early...
When I broke my arm when I was 8, and had a cast on all summer, I quickly found out it wasn't much fun.
Wish they had colored casts then, maybe it would have made it more enjoyable. (oxymoron somewhere in that statement I think)
just catching up...oh my! Poor Em! Keep me updated on Ally's ear...when's the next dr. appt?
Love ya!
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