Thompson Family Tales: And the score for.....

a double back flip off a trampoline is.......

a perfect 10!!!! Way to go Emily!!!!

Wait.....that's not right....

Friday, Ethan and Emily were playing at a neighbors house and Emily did indeed do a double back flip off the trampoline, landed on her left arm. Meanwhile, I am on my way home from work. I am driving around the corner almost home and I see Emily laying in the grass beside the road. She had started walking home from the neighbor's house with Ethan and decided halfway home that she was hurting too bad and just laid down. Now....let me take this minute to brag on Ethan. Ethan offered to push Emily home on his bike, walked with her until she stopped and stayed with her until help came. He had dad's phone and called him from their spot beside the road. Told dad she wasn't dying, but they needed help. We are so proud of him. What a good brother!! So, back to the story. Emily was covered in dirt from head to toe. Got her home and cleaned up. The only thing she was complaining of was pain to her left arm. She wouldn't use it, but there was no deformity, no discoloration, good pulse, she could move her fingers, blah, blah, blah.... So, we decide to wait until the next day and see if she felt any better. WELL, she wimpered all night, didn't move an inch. So, I took her to the ER (mine because I know everybody--and all the right people were there). She has a fracture of her right radius. And so, I'm expecting that they will splint it and refer us to an orthopedic doctor like we always do. BUT, the ER doctor says the ortho doc will be coming in to evaluate. Hmm, well alright, I'm thinking, he wants to see it because it's a pediatric case. They always get more attention. So, Dr. Kalluri gets there and tells me (without any warning) that he wants to take Emily (my baby) to the OR, put her to sleep, reduce the fracture, and if it doesn't stay he will be putting a pin in. And, of course, he is saying all of this in front of Emily so I can't say "HOLY COW!" . That was NOT what I was expecting. Emily had Tylenol with Codeine for pain and ate 2, two, TWO crackers with it so it wouldn't upset her tummy, soooooo the anesthesiologist wouldn't take her in the OR until 3pm because her stomach wasn't empty. We found that out at 10am. So, Emily got admitted to the hospital to wait. And wait, and wait, and wait!!!! But we did find a bambi puzzle that only had 2 colors in it. Green and brown. That kept us busy! We also played I Spy until we had spied everything in the room. Finally, we got to go downstairs to the OR. The procedure took 20 minutes and the fracture was reduced successfully without the pin. Whew!!!! And Emily was SUCH a champ. Through all of it, she was very patient. I was so proud of her. The only time she got really upset was in radiology during the xray. They wanted her to stretch her out completely and it was just too much. The boys all stayed home and chewed their fingernails and paced the floor. And they were so good to her when we got home. The doctor thinks it will heal fine. We have to go back for an xray on Thursday to evaluate. The only downside is we didn't get a cast. She has a splint from wrist to arm pit. We wanted a pink cast. No luck. We will keep you posted on her progress.