Cast #3

Ashley's 1 1/2 week check up was today.  We once again did the routine of going straight back to the xray station then off to the exam room to wait for the doctor.

We once again today say the orthopedic doctor.  He showed me how on he xray things are healing nicely.  The small bone is doing amazing.  You can see where the bone is filling in nicely and from the straight on view you can barely see the break.

The larger bone is healing well too but it's taking a bit longer.  You can see on this one as well where the bone is starting to fill in.  However, I can still see where the bone has a shard pointing out.  I did ask the doctor if I/we should be concerned about it.  I'm sure it freaks me out a bit more than it does him.  He informed me that over time the bone will come in and fill in around the shard.  He indicated in 6-12 months you won't even be able to see where the bone has been broken.

However, once again, more swelling has gone down and we still can't have any give in the cast.  So, off to the cast room we go for cast #3.  Because we're close to the 4th of July and in asking, this won't be Ashley's last cast, she decided to be patriotic and go for the stars and stripes cast with silver glitter.

The medical assistant was super nice and after she took the cast off she took Ashley to the sink and washed her arm.  Ashley said it felt so good to have her arm washed.

Once again, Ashley was completely freaked out to look at her arm.  I think in her mind it still looks deformed like it did right after she broke it.  She did all she could to keep herself looking elsewhere and occupied until they got the cotton sleeve on to protect her arm from the cast.  Poor little thing!  At this point we now have two assistants in the room with us and one is trying to talk her through looking at her arm.  I think she may have convinced her to take a quick glance but then she was back to not wanting anything to do with it.

Here she is getting cast #3 put on

 

 

All done and sporting the stars and stripes!

 

We go back for her next check up in two weeks (July 10).  I guess we'll be on pins and needles seeing what kind of cast comes next.  I believe she already has in her mind what color(s) she wants.

I guess if you're going to break your arm on the first day of summer vacation and will sport it for the entire break, you might as well have fun with it, right?