Poor Elizabeth - in February she was riding her cousin's electric scooter (I allowed her one trip up and down the sidewalk and that was it!) and on that one trip she fell off extremely hard onto her elbow.
It didn't look swollen or anything so we ended up sending her to school the next day (bad mommy!) even though she wasn't really moving it. We took her into the nurse's office who said she didn't think it was broken because her range of motion was pretty good. Once she got home and in the bathtub we could see that her elbow was now swollen so I took her to the doctor the next day and it was slightly broken.
She wore a cast for 4 weeks. No biking, scootering, running, recess, P.E., etc.. We went to have a treat with our neighbors after she got the cast on.
She thought the idea of a cast was fun for the first few days, and after a while was very tired of it. She handled it really well and is glad to now be cast free!
Poor Elizabeth - in February she was riding her cousin's electric scooter (I allowed her one trip up and down the sidewalk and that was it!) and on that one trip she fell off extremely hard onto her elbow. 
It didn't look swollen or anything so we ended up sending her to school the next day (bad mommy!) even though she wasn't really moving it. We took her into the nurse's office who said she didn't think it was broken because her range of motion was pretty good. Once she got home and in the bathtub we could see that her elbow was now swollen so I took her to the doctor the next day and it was slightly broken. 
She wore a cast for 4 weeks. No biking, scootering, running, recess, P.E., etc.. We went to have a treat with our neighbors after she got the cast on. 
She thought the idea of a cast was fun for the first few days, and after a while was very tired of it. She handled it really well and is glad to now be cast free!
5 comments:
Poor sweetie pie! She sure looks cute with her cast! :)
Next time push for "slightly solid" and no cast! Casts are no fun... glad it is off just in time for the pool!!!!!
I am so glad her cast is off now. Now she can get back to playing and swimming.
We are glad her cast is off too!!
Poor elizabeth! That sounds like no fun. Glad she's all better!
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