If you remember in previous posts, Care Bear broke her leg on July 29! She had been jumping on our neighbor's 24 hour old trampoline when she got popped up, hyper extended her knee, and broke her tibia across the top of the bone. Care Bear has always been a very busy active girl so we almost looked forward to her having to sit still and be calm. That only lasted for a couple days and once the pain eased, she learned how to move, and our busy little girl came back in full force!
First she figured out how to scoot with the cast held out in front of her. Inside, outside, grass, carpet, asphalt, it didn't matter! She scooted across anything. In fact, she managed to wear holes in two of the casts from scooting so much!
Then we were able to borrow a child sized walker from a friend and she became vertical again. She liked the walker for few days but then she learned how to hop. She could hop clear across the room and decided not to use the walker because the walker just slowed her down. She climbed rocks, hills, slides, and learned how to swing with a long leg cast on.
She ended up with 4 different casts. We went from pink & green to pink and purple to solid purple, to solid blue. Thankfully Dr Daddy was able to change the last two for free! The first cast change came because Jaco spilled water on it and the other times was because she was just so busy! Playing outside in the mud and weeds is not very good on casts!
45 days after she broke her leg, Care Bear had the cast removed. She hated having the casts cut off and screamed and screamed each time! I guess I expected her to be all better when the cast came off but that was not the case. It took almost a week before she would really walk and she limped for several weeks after that. Now two months later and she walks pretty normal but she still limps and hops when she runs.
She ended up with 4 different casts. We went from pink & green to pink and purple to solid purple, to solid blue. Thankfully Dr Daddy was able to change the last two for free! The first cast change came because Jaco spilled water on it and the other times was because she was just so busy! Playing outside in the mud and weeds is not very good on casts!
45 days after she broke her leg, Care Bear had the cast removed. She hated having the casts cut off and screamed and screamed each time! I guess I expected her to be all better when the cast came off but that was not the case. It took almost a week before she would really walk and she limped for several weeks after that. Now two months later and she walks pretty normal but she still limps and hops when she runs.Having a child with a broken leg is an adventure I hope to not repeat! I am so glad she was able to heal and pray it will all be a distant memory in the not so distant future!
1 comment:
dude, she is crazy and hilarious!!! that video cracked me up!
~selina
Post a Comment