Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Ouch! Natalie Broke Her Arm-

Even though she has a smile now :) - she didn't have a smile when she fell off her bike.

Earlier this evening Natalie was riding her bike and I was throwing the ball to Powder. Unfortunately there was a little bit of a problem with our timing. Just as I had thrown the ball Powder took off and was running full blast and only looking at the ball. As Natalie was riding by, Powder collided into Natalie's bike. As soon as that happened, Natalie fell off her bike directly onto her left arm. As I watched - everything was in somewhat slow motion. But as soon as she hit the sidewalk I knew that by the way she fell, something was definitely wrong. Natalie was very sad and she had a hard time moving her arm. Usually I wait a little while to see how things pan out, but this time I knew that I at least needed to get an x-ray to make sure that everything was alright. On our way to the doctor Natalie couldn't really get very comfortable. It kind of seemed like there wasn't anything we could do to make her feel better. Once the doctor saw us he told us she did have a broken arm. He could only put it in a splint for the night because of the type of break she had. Tomorrow we will need to go see an Orthopedic Surgeon to have her arm set and cast. You would think that we have had more than our share of medical stuff in the last few years. But I guess this is what happens when we have kids that like to do fun things. By the way, Powder is fine - no injuries to report.

4 comments:

Jewels said...

Oh My Goodness, we are soooo sorry!! Those are way to cute of pictures for such a sad day! Glad to hear Powder is doing well, good luck healing Nat!

Rob and Kelli said...

Poor Natalie...we are so sorry. We hope she is feeling better. We wish we could give her a great big hug. Way to be brave Natalie!!! We love you!

WIKKY said...

Craig still said that he would come over and hurt Powder for Nat if she wants him to. Just kidding. I am glad she is feeling better. And... think how cool to have everyone sign her cast!!!!

Erin said...

We are so sad for Nat! Well, Matt and I are, Tay's a little excited to sign the cast!

I'm glad Powder didn't get hurt cause with the new animal cruelty laws you were looking at a felony charge! hee hee

I'm glad Nat is doing better. I hope she heals quickly so she doesn't have to deal with a cast for too long.