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A Mothers Worst Nightmare
Yesterday our baby girl had the worst accident of her whole 2 years so far. Those of you who know Hailey are well aware of how accident prone she is. Last Christmas she fell off the couch and broke her elbow. Well this year the poor little thing had a trampoline accident. Hailey was jumping on the trampoline with her cousins (one of her favorite things to do), when they decided to do what we call "butt drops". We are still a little confused as to exactly how it happened, but from what I understand she fell forward and the recoil of the trampoline put enough pressure on her forearm to snap it into a 45 degree angle. Her Uncle Mike ran inside with her and said..Umm this doesn't look good. Kelly and I gasped and ran out the door as fast as we could and went the Emergency Room. Hailey was amazing, and dealt with the pain amazingly well for about 3 and a half hours before they gave her any pain medication. She is a little trooper, she hardly cried at all, while I and her father cried plenty, and even tried to sleep while we waited to be treated. That little 2 year old is her mother and fathers hero. Today Hailey it getting a real cast on for the first time. I am scared to death about this whole situation, but we are hoping that all will heal back to 100%. I guess only time will tell, so stay tuned for updates!
Here is Hailey's before picture which still hurts me to look at. Now you all have a little idea of what we saw when her uncle brought her in to us. I have never personally seen such a horrific break in my life. Yes, her bone was protruding out of the side of her arm...Yuck! Thankfully it did not break through the skin or I'm sure I would have passed out.
Here is the after shot. Her break is still about a 15 degree angle which they say is fine. I guess as the bone heals and the child grows it will straiten out on its own in theory. We certainly hope this is the case, but I am of course a little skeptical about the whole thing, because this is my baby who is suffering. She is so cranky today, and we are supposed to go camping this weekend. I think we will give her a day to recuperate before we try to camp with her. Wish us luck!!!
Yesterday our baby girl had the worst accident of her whole 2 years so far. Those of you who know Hailey are well aware of how accident prone she is. Last Christmas she fell off the couch and broke her elbow. Well this year the poor little thing had a trampoline accident. Hailey was jumping on the trampoline with her cousins (one of her favorite things to do), when they decided to do what we call "butt drops". We are still a little confused as to exactly how it happened, but from what I understand she fell forward and the recoil of the trampoline put enough pressure on her forearm to snap it into a 45 degree angle. Her Uncle Mike ran inside with her and said..Umm this doesn't look good. Kelly and I gasped and ran out the door as fast as we could and went the Emergency Room. Hailey was amazing, and dealt with the pain amazingly well for about 3 and a half hours before they gave her any pain medication. She is a little trooper, she hardly cried at all, while I and her father cried plenty, and even tried to sleep while we waited to be treated. That little 2 year old is her mother and fathers hero. Today Hailey it getting a real cast on for the first time. I am scared to death about this whole situation, but we are hoping that all will heal back to 100%. I guess only time will tell, so stay tuned for updates!
Here is Hailey's before picture which still hurts me to look at. Now you all have a little idea of what we saw when her uncle brought her in to us. I have never personally seen such a horrific break in my life. Yes, her bone was protruding out of the side of her arm...Yuck! Thankfully it did not break through the skin or I'm sure I would have passed out.
Here is the after shot. Her break is still about a 15 degree angle which they say is fine. I guess as the bone heals and the child grows it will straiten out on its own in theory. We certainly hope this is the case, but I am of course a little skeptical about the whole thing, because this is my baby who is suffering. She is so cranky today, and we are supposed to go camping this weekend. I think we will give her a day to recuperate before we try to camp with her. Wish us luck!!!
5 comments:
Oh Hailey....poor girl. Get Better soon little girl! We love you. Hang in there Kim, she'll be back to her crazy old self in no time. Let me know if you need ANYTHING.
Oh my gosh, you guys! I am so sorry to hear this. Trampolines scare me so bad. We have a net on ours to prevent falls OFF of it, but nets don't do a darn thing for this kind of thing. Poor little Hailey. What a trooper! Hang in there... Hope you made it camping and are having a blast.
oh my gosh, poor Hailey! Awesome that she is such a trooper though. Those pictures are intense, I still have goosebumps.
Kim you have a blog, why did you not tell me???
Oh I am so sorry to hear about Hailey, how scary for you. What a nightmare to have to deal with a broken arm on a 2 year old. Good luck.
Well, now the worst is over and you will have a good story to tell her future kids someday!
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