Hannah's Cast Come Off

 Well Hannah had her cast taken off yesterday and after applying pressure on her wrist and feeling around a little he decided she didn't need another cast 

 

I was a little surprised and a little concerned and he could tell. I just wanted to make sure it was fine and healing well. He said she would probably be using it within the next day or two.

 

Well when we came out she was holding it against her belly as she did when she first hurt it, but I am thinking now that she was afraid to use it. Today seems much better and she was feeding herself her soup with it at lunch. I even caught her with her fingers in her mouth again at naptime, lol!! So things must be better!!

 

I am keeping a close eye on her though, the last thing I want is for her to fall on it or something right now.

Colin Gets Stitches in His Head

I got to the sitters tonite after work and she tells me that Colin, who was at a pool party today celebrating the last day of school, is in the hospital with a brace on his neck and a head wound he got doing a back flip off of the diving board!!

 

They had called Laura and she was there with him. I called the hospital right away to see if they were still there and no, they had just left and were on their way to the sitters house. So I waited there to find that he had to get 3 stitches to his head. Thank goodness it wasn't any more serious! This is the second time he has had stitches to his head. 3 years ago he pulled a cement block down from the hay wagon onto his head and required only 2 stitches to close that wound. We were very lucky then also!

 

So if these things tend to run in 3's I definitely need to keep a close watch on Cody and Colton! Do you think tying them to their beds is enough, LOL!? 

Cody is Graduating with Honours!

Way to go Cody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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We were at an event at the school last nite and the principal came up to sit with us. He informed both me and Cody (who didn't know before then) that Cody would be graduating on Monday nite with honours!!!!!!

 

He is 1 of only 8, in the group of over 60 Grade 8 students who will be receiving honours!!!!!

Update on Hannah

~An update on Hannah~

 

Dh took her to our family dr. yesterday on his lunch and the dr. wants to put another cast on next week. A lighter fibreglass one because he says when they are young they tend to lose a lot of muscle tissue fast and her arm will shrink and the cast will become too loose.

 

I'm not big on the idea of them having to take the cast off and go through putting another one on. That was the only point of discomfort she had last time was when the cast was setting and her arm starting getting hot. I also remember when Cody had his cast changed after a couple weeks of a broken ankle and it was painful when they started tugging and pulling at the cast. I hope all goes well.

 

Dr. also said she broke it in two places

 

She can tell us just who's name is where and she is having fun making her own little scribblings all over it Also, it was her right wrist that was broken and of course she is right handed or should I say was right-handed because she is doing very well using her left hand to do everything now, even feeding herself really well with it already! Mike and Colton are both left-handed and we may just have 3 in the family by the time her cast comes off

 

About the only thing she is having trouble with is her independence. A very big deal for a 3 (almost, lol) year old! The first time I went to get her jammies on her she said 'No, I can do it myself' and then found much to her chagrin that she couldn't. She almost has the undie thing mastered, as in pulling them up and down when she has gone to the bathroom, lol!

Hannah Broke Her Arm!

 The kids were out playing soccer on the front lawn last nite and I was mowing the lawn. Well Hannah came over crying saying that Cody kicked the ball and she hurt her arm. Her forearm was a little red so I gave her a hug and off she went. But she was back a while later saying that it hurt but I couldn't see anything wrong.

She came in and watched a movie with the boys and fell asleep in the chair. She woke up around midnite and said it still hurts and I thought I could feel swelling just above her wrist I gave her some Tylenol hoping if nothing else, it might help her sleep and if nothing was better by morning I thought I would take her to the hospital. She said she was trying to catch the soccer ball and hurt it.

Well Hannah and I slept in the double bed in the bottom bunk last nite and when she woke this morning she was all smiles and wanted to go and get Daddy his breakfast in bed. She still wasn't using her arm at all but there were no complaints, not even to say that it was sore.

After Mike opened his gifts I asked her if it still hurt and then she said yes so I took her down to the hospital just to be on the safe side and make sure it wasn't broken. Thank god I did, because even though the doctor played with it and asked her if this hurt ('no'), did that hurt ('no') and she could squeeze his fingers, he still sent her for x-rays and found that it was broken, just above her wrist What a brave little girl, no complaining at all except for one point just after they had applied the cast and her arm started to heat up inside the cast, she looked at me and said 'Mommy, it hurts', brought tears to my eyes 

Needless to say Mike and the boys were very surprised when we pulled in and she had a cast on her arm. I can't believe I got her to sit still as long as I did in the big recliner where she could put her arm up. She fell asleep there shortly after we got home and stayed there to eat lunch and finally around 4 she came outside with Colin who pushed her in the swing for awhile. I didn't want her arm to get uncomfortable so we fashioned her a sling out of a Tigger/Eeyore pillowcase and she has been wearing that since. She loves it and she is milking this for all it's worth, the little rascal