Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The Big Break

Ellie's Birthday started with this: And ended with this:

Hayden broke his arm while playing soccer at school. He broke his forearm in two places, and it was a pretty bad break. The ortho on call at the emegency room came in, put Hayden under then reset it and loaded it into a huge plaster cast. That thing was heavy! Thankfully, it set well and he only had to wear the plaster cast for 3 weeks, then a fiberglass cast for another three weeks. It could have been much worse!



Its awful to see your child in pain, but Hayden was such a trooper, and hardly complained at all- especially after given pain meds. The children's emergency room at Scottsdale Healthcare Shea was great- the nurses were so patient and great with Hayden, and made the experience as good as could be expected. As great as it was, I don't need to visit that emergency room again!





birthday girl!



Ellie turned 5 in April. As per our family tradition, we opened family presents in the morning before school. All 3 kids get so excited no matter who's birthday it actually is! Ellie opened presents then headed to school.









Ellie's birthday fun was interrupted mid afternoon by Hayden breaking his arm at school. We had to push her birthday fun back a day, but that just made her birthday last that much longer!