My daughter Abbey's accident :(
My poor 10year old daughter Abbey broke both of her forearms on Friday afternoon. Both bones in both forearms - 5 fractures in total.
She was playing on the gymnastics bar at home and slipped off, using her arms to brace her fall, and broke them both. They were quite deformed but luckily not protruding the skin.
They were able to do a closed reduction (no cuts) surgery on Saturday morning, and we were able to take her home from hospital last night.
She's in mixed spirits - moments of happiness, but lots of moments of sadness as she won't be able to do anything for the next 6 weeks. She was involved in so much too - she'll miss a dancing concert, recorder concert at the opera house, gymnastics competitions, clarinet and band lessons, school camp and more. We'll also probably have to apply for special considerations for her OC test, which is only a week after she might get the casts off - so who knows how her ability to write will be.
It's been a long couple of days, and will no doubt be a long 6 weeks as it throws our routine into turmoil. But kids are resilient and I know she'll be back to normal in no time.
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