A Broken What?

Last week Maryjane was playing on my bed with Jeter right before being sent to bed and of course happened to fall off. No big deal right? It happens all the time. Well not this time. She started crying a "real" cry and saying she heard it crack and that she needed to go to the doctor 'cause she thought she broke her arm. Well, that's a little dramatic, I thought at first. She could still bend her arm. I wanted to wait a little bit and see if the pain went away. And it didn't. She kept crying saying how bad it hurt. Jeremy got home from Mutual and she was still crying. So...he took her in to get in checked. Better safe than sorry, right? Right before they went out the door, he told her "You better not be faking this". Well, xrays showed she had a fracture on the radial head a.k.a the elbow. Crazy!!! She fell on carpet for goodness sakes. And she tells the doctors that her dog pushed her. When we were getting her cast on the, the Dr. asked How big is this dog? ha ha.

So they sent her home with a soft cast and a sling. The next morning we were to make an appt. with an orthopaedic Dr. to get it checked again and she got a real cast. She chose pink of course. Why are all the colors you get to choose from flourescent? She was so excited to get her cast. She really wanted to go back to school to show it off, but it was a 1/2 day and no school fri. either, so she had to wait 'til mon. Darn.

Driving home I asked her what she wanted for lunch and she wanted a McDonalds happy meal. I gave her a "look" (cause we don't do happy meals very often anymore) and she said "What?...I was really good. I deserve one." Yes I agreed, she did deserve one. She then said " Did you know that McDonald's is a proud sponsor of the Olympians?" Oh my gosh, I laughed at that one, silly girl. Where did she learn that?

Mason's been so good and helpful. I think he and George secretly wish they had a cast too. Why, I'm not sure. But you sure get a lot of attention when you do have one. I guess it's the same as wanting braces when you're younger, and then you finally get them and it's a drag. He mentioned to MJ - "If you would have broken your leg you'd need crotches." Yes I spelled that right, 'cause that's they way it came out of his mouth. I quickly corrected him, but funny none the less.

We've had to get used to dressing differently and bathing differently. The first day she came to me and said, "Now that I broke my arm, I don't feel like I know how to get dressed anymore." At first it was tricky, but now she can pretty much do it by herself. Overall Maryjane has handled this whole situation very well. She LOVES all the attention, of course. The other morning when she was getting on the bus, at first she had her coat on and it was covering her arm, but as soon as she started to get on the bus, she brushed it off her shoulder, just to show her cast so that everyone would see it. Where did she come from? She is just so dang funny. I know you can picture it too. I have a little Diva on my hands. Although she did come home today and said she was tired of everyone asking her what happened. It's just so exhausting telling the story over and over.

So don't feel too sympathetic, she's doing pretty darn well. She'll have it checked again next week, right before we leave for UT for spring break. And then we'll see if she still needs the cast on or not I guess. Not sure what the Dr. will do at that appt.

This is for G'ma Paula.