Emma's new walking cast
Five days after doing something nice (donating her hair) Emma was jumping on the trampoline and injured her foot. She complained that it hurt right then but within a few hours she was running around our court with a rope around her waist and pulling Patrick on his Heely's. Soon afterwards she complained that it hurt again. I, being the compassionate mother that I am, told her that if it hurt so much then why was she running around pulling Patrick??? And so around and around we went for several days. She would run around and play on it and then complain that she couldn't walk on it to do things like... set the table. clear her dishes, so on and so forth and I would in turn tell her I didn't believe her for a second because she obviously felt good enough to do all sorts of other fun activities - like running at the park, family fit night at school, etc... So finally on Sunday I couldn't take her complaining anymore and Jim agreed to take her into the hospital to get it x-rayed. (They get to bypass the ER and go straight to Radiology - FINALLY a perk after all these years!) After 2 hours he called and said that it was indeed broken. She actually pulled a ligament which in turn pulled off a bit of her bone on the top of the foot. She had to use crutches for 8 LONG days and we had to practically duct tape her down to get her to stop walking on it. The hospital does not stock the walking type boot cast that she needed in her size so had to order it. Makes perfect sense right since kids NEVER hurt themselves?!?!?! Needless to say. we were all very irritated. At any rate the boot finally came in on Tuesday (Jim's birthday) so we got to have an excuse to go in to the hospital and embarrass him with birthday treats. She is now free to walk again and has decided that crutches look way cooler when someone else is using them and they pretty much stink when you have to use them!! Maybe she was just getting paid back for all the times she locks Jack out of her room! hee hee
