All Star Cast

Well... it's official.

The orthopedic office took two x-rays.

The Orthopedic doctor who came in talked to Mini-Me. Asked where it hurt, what happened, felt around. Compared arms. Felt fingers.

Looked at the x-ray.

He said something akin to: We expect to see some lines in the bones. But that one's not supposed to be there.

The only thing I can figure is that maybe it was going "against the grain", so to speak.

The fracture is right above the elbow joint.

When he mentioned "cast", Mini-Me immediately got bummed and fought out right tears. So we asked the doctor to explain why. He said the cast would protect the bone and prevent it from breaking. If the fracture turned into a break, it would require surgery.

After that, Mini-Me chose the path of positive thinking.

As we waited for a "casting table" she said "At least it's not surgery."

They got us in very quickly.

Cam, the "cast technician", was very sweet and had a good personality. He explained all he wanted to do. I held onto Mini-Me's fingers - and she thought her arm would be in a constant upright position. We told her that she would still be able to bend it at the shoulder.

When the fiber-glass "cast" was bonding, Cam told us that it could get hot. When it does, her fingers might have extra blood flow and get darker in color than the other.

Mini-Me said, "awww." And I think asked "Does that mean I'm going to have a bloody hand?"

That tickled Cam as he'd never heard that question before.

That's because he'd never met Mini-Me before.

At least it's not surgery.

And it's Pink.

Very Pink.

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And she can swim in it. The very nice lady who checked us in signed the cast first.

Giving Mini-Me a heart.

We decided a consolation prize for the cast would be a new Game-boy game.

I'll have to make good on that later today.

We can go swimming - no water slide - though he advised us not to let her swim over her head. The cast could get heavy in the water. We'll have to give it a shot - and see if it's worth it for her. The water slide and diving boards were her favorite things. I'm not sure she'll like just "water". Maybe a floatie? We'll have to wait and see.

We go back in a week for a follow up x-ray. We'll have the cast on for 3 weeks.
And it's NOT surgery!!

I wrote right over her elbow: "Healed in Jesus Name"

Even with a cast, we know that God is taking care of her. Last night we went to church. Mini-Me and G were in a scooter race. The type of scooter that you sit on. They were to ride back ward, pushing with their feet. Mini-me was in a scooter/chair collision and bonked her elbow. She also told us that at one time she fell over, landing on her arm.

God was definitely watching over her. Otherwise, we would have ended up at the ER.

Now we know - and it doesn't require surgery.

*Photos removed because they're some how being googled. and it bugs me*