broken arm

It was bound to happen sometime.  I can't tell you the number of times I've said, "whew...that was close."

We had a trip to the emergency room on a Saturday afternoon.

Amanda broke her arm when she was climbing a tree.  She was bouncing on it, lost her balance and landed the wrong way.

She is SUCH a trooper.  I know it must have hurt like crazy.  But, it wasn't long before she stopped crying and endured the pain.  She was chatting and entertaining the doctor with stories of her dog the entire time we were there.

She even managed to give me a smile while were were in the ER.

She was excited about her sling and hospital bracelet.

Later in the week, she even made a cast for her friend, Anna.  They were playing "swimming with a broken arm" or something along those lines.

Amanda wore the soft cast for two weeks while the swelling went down.  When we returned to the doctor for an X-Ray, she was eager to get her hot pink cast.  Nana was the first to sign it.

Sporting her cast while riding a horse (and wearing my black boots.)

Later she wore a waterproof blue cast for two weeks (so we could swim at Disney!).  

We are thankful that it is healing!  And we hope that is the only Saturday ER visit we have.