elbow update

Today has been a rough day so far and it's only 12:30.
She got her cast off this morning. It wasn't as gross under there as I thought is was going to be. Apparently I got all of the peas and macaroni out, I thought for sure there would be food mashed and rotting against her skin because she kept sticking it down her cast, but no.

She hated the saw they used to cut the cast off ----She screamed and screamed.

She hated the technician who took her x-rays-----She screamed and screamed.

She hated the Dr. who examined her arm and x-rays ----- She screamed and screamed.

She hated the technician who put her cast back on (purple as promised) -----She screamed and screamed.

Did I mention she screamed?

Now I don't know if her new cast is bothering her or if she just doesn't like purple but she keeps screaming at it and trying to pull it off.
I think she got that taste of freedom, having her first cast off and wasn't happy to go back to having her arm all bound up. Plus last time I think it hurt too bad to scream and squirm around so she didn't put up a fuss. Now she's a little better it's a totally different story.
After examining her x-rays the Dr. said he could see the break better now it had healed a little bit and it was a lot worse than he originally thought. It looked as if it was broken in two places (horizontally and vertically). So she will have her cast on for three more weeks and then he said we would have to be as careful with her as possible for the next three months because it would take that long for the bone to be 95% normal, another 6 months to a year to be 100%.
Okay......So how is that supposed to work when she is a crazy, maniac, fearless, climber, go-getter girl?
That's what I said to the Dr. His answer was, "Just do the best you can. I know it will be hard."
So here we are. The kids are sad I can't take them swimming today, (maybe I'll ask a friend to watch her so I can take them swimming next week. Friends reading this, if you don't answer the phone next week when I call I'll know why you're avoiding me. JK.) and she cried for over an hour when I tried to lay her down for a nap. Oh...did I say cry? I mean she SCREAMED for over an hour. But she's sleeping now and maybe a couple of hours rest will do everyone some good.

I'm a little frazzled so I think I'm going to skip the flash-back Friday this week.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. See you back here on Monday!