Princess and the Cast

There seemed to be some confusion with the last set of Savannah pictures I posted. That is not her hard cast; that was her soft cast.

They don't put the hard cast on for a few days after the break so that the swelling has time to go down. In the meantime, they splint the forearm/wrist and then wrap an ace bandage around it. They use two small, sliver clips to pin the ace bandage closed. If you know Savannah, you know she's picker (a bug bit doesn't stand a chance - she may or may not get that from her mother or atleast when I was a kid). I picked up a red self adhesive bandage to wrap over her soft cast to keep her from taking it off and to give a little extra protection to her arm (and other children from being the victim of clip punctures) while she was at preschool.

Her actual cast is purple. If casts can be cute, hers is adorable. It's tiny, like really tiny. At the Orthopedic appointment, additional x-rays were taken. She has what they call a "Buckle Fracture." The radius bone didn't completely break, but to keep it from breaking the rest of the way they put a cast on the arm. The good news is she only has to have the cast for three weeks, not the originally quoted 6-8 weeks! That means we can go swimming before August! :)

Without further ado...The Princess and the Cast.

She's upset because it wasn't her turn to take the recycling out.

And of course a picture of the C-man and some pez.