Sad sad 10 month Birthday

We have been out Internet for two weeks and sooo much has happened.

The saddest will be in this post. Here is the story of a sad way for a beautiful little happy baby to spend her 10 month birthday.

Well, where to start. Oh yes, last Thursday Jenna and I were setting up the spare room for some of our friends to stay in. Our friends baby was going to be there as well. So after we got the air mattress blown up Jenna and I rolled around on it laughing and playing. Then I started setting Jenna's baby swing up next to the air mattress. She was watching from the air mattress. This just thrilled Jenna so she came excitedly crawling across the mattress I was saw her out of the corner of my eye while I was moving a box, I whirled around and moved toward her saying, "Jenna, Jenna, Je.......!!" I got there to late. Her little hand had grabbed the swing, swung back, she rolled forward and rolled right of the mattress to the floor. I swooped her up, examned her and comforted her. I saw nothing. She cried and reached out for the swing. With little tears I put her into her swing. Soon the frown was a smile and she was giggling.

Then mid-afternoon on Friday Jenna was acting different. she was very needed and didn't want to crawl. This concerned Daniel and I. So we watched her and noticed she was favoring her left arm. So we called the pediatrician on call line and they recommend we observe it for the rest of the night and bring her in in the morning. So we did just that.

Saturday morning, Jenna's 10 month birthday went as follows:

1. Pediatrician 9:15am - Dr agreed with the favoring and wrote a prescription to get and x-rays

2. St. Luke's Medical Imagaing for X-Rays 11:00am - after 6 x-rays they found a small fracture in the radius bone. It did not brake all the way threw so that was the good news out of that part.

3. The ER 12:15 ish pm- the doctor on call that day was very impressed by Jenna. She was in such a good mood. Laughing, talking, playing with her toys and eating a cookie all would have convinced anyone that this little tough girl never broke anything! After looking at the X-rays and talking to the to the on call orthopedic they gave us two options. We could splint it, sling it and wait for it to heal or not do anything and carry her around for about a week. They explained to us that the fracture was so subtle that we could go with either and be just fine. They left it up to us. We talked it over and figured we'd try out not putting a splint on, considering how busy, wild and determined Jenna is we might have a few hectic days. We could always go back if we felt a need. So we left the ER with our sad, tired, hungry broken little girl! Mommy and daddy were tired too.

4. Home 2:30pm - naps for everyone!! A few days passed and carrying her around was a little overwhelming and hard. After all we adults still have lives and chores. So we called Dr. Smith (also Jenna's Uncle). He explained that he has seen this same brake a few times on a younger infants before. He was able to make a brace for the bottom of the arm and keep it open on the top. This way we could take it on and off letting her crawl better. Also be able to go about her normal life with out worrying about a new fall braking it worse. Ahhhhh a sigh of relief :). No sling, no splint, no tired mommy and daddy, and a happy back to life baby. That's what we like to hear. so I took her into Uncle Dr. Smiths clinic and we got a brace molded to her arm out of cast material and a fun pink bandaging!

She was a little sad :( Right after she got it on.

Jenna was right back to normal in no time. Going about her everyday life with smiles and adjusting to her little make shift cast. Thanks Scott it has been a nice adjustment for all three of us!! Thanks to all our kind family and friends for loving Jenna. Her cousins are great with her. Caden, Sarah and Hannah thanks for helping watch over Jenna we love you!!