I am One Proud Mama!!!
First of all - I am sorry that this is so long, but I am so proud of Natalie. I had to share her story about yesterday. I have to say she is ONE TOUGH NUT!!!! Yesterday we went back to the Orthopedic Surgeon to have her arm cast. As we started talking to Dr. Cook he told us that her bones were somewhat curved and twisted and that he would need to set them back into place with some twisting and squeezing. We had two options. 1 - we could go over to the hospital and they would put in an IV and then put her to sleep while he reset her arm. 2- Dr. Cook would just reset her arm in the office & the "intense"(that was the word he used) pain would only last for a couple of minutes (that is one decision I didn't like making). I talked to Natalie and she said that she didn't want ANY shot!! We explained to her that it would be very painful and she said that she still didn't want a shot. So, we decided to go with the 2nd choice. We did it in the office. Dr. Cook once more told us that there would be "weeping and wailing". Natalie had her Pappa there ready to hold her arms and I was ready to hold her legs (by this point I was already getting teary eyed). As Dr. Cook started to reset her arm Natalie just sat there. She didn't even blink an eye. Dr. Cook kept asking Natalie if she was "hurting". She said, "No- not really". He kept asking her and she continued to lay there. Not one tear, not one whine, NOTHING!!! At first I don't know if Dr. Cook thought it was working. After the cast was on she had the x-ray redone and everything was back into place. Dr. Cook said that her reaction was VERY RARE!!!!! I don't think he had ever seen that. Boy- I was so impressed!!! I must say, I really really have one tough chick!!! Natalie is doing really well. She does say that her arm still hurts every once & a while, but she is very proud of her cast. If you see her I am sure she would love it if you signed her cast!! Way to go Nat!!!!
First of all - I am sorry that this is so long, but I am so proud of Natalie. I had to share her story about yesterday. I have to say she is ONE TOUGH NUT!!!! Yesterday we went back to the Orthopedic Surgeon to have her arm cast. As we started talking to Dr. Cook he told us that her bones were somewhat curved and twisted and that he would need to set them back into place with some twisting and squeezing. We had two options. 1 - we could go over to the hospital and they would put in an IV and then put her to sleep while he reset her arm. 2- Dr. Cook would just reset her arm in the office & the "intense"(that was the word he used) pain would only last for a couple of minutes (that is one decision I didn't like making). I talked to Natalie and she said that she didn't want ANY shot!! We explained to her that it would be very painful and she said that she still didn't want a shot. So, we decided to go with the 2nd choice. We did it in the office. Dr. Cook once more told us that there would be "weeping and wailing". Natalie had her Pappa there ready to hold her arms and I was ready to hold her legs (by this point I was already getting teary eyed). As Dr. Cook started to reset her arm Natalie just sat there. She didn't even blink an eye. Dr. Cook kept asking Natalie if she was "hurting". She said, "No- not really". He kept asking her and she continued to lay there. Not one tear, not one whine, NOTHING!!! At first I don't know if Dr. Cook thought it was working. After the cast was on she had the x-ray redone and everything was back into place. Dr. Cook said that her reaction was VERY RARE!!!!! I don't think he had ever seen that. Boy- I was so impressed!!! I must say, I really really have one tough chick!!! Natalie is doing really well. She does say that her arm still hurts every once & a while, but she is very proud of her cast. If you see her I am sure she would love it if you signed her cast!! Way to go Nat!!!!
6 comments:
man... that just means she will have really easy labors when the childbearing days come!!!!! What a girl... Tell her that we love her. Hopefully she is enjoying her reeses peices!
Okay so I'm sitting here bawling!! What a sweetheart, it totally reminded me of the Joseph Smith leg story! We are proud of you Nat!!
Nat is so awesome! Way to be brave! I love her pink cast. I bet she can't wait to get to school to show it off and have everyone sign it! Have fun in Park City - I hope Nat is able to play and keep her cast dry!
Nice pink cast-that is so hip!!! We are so glad that Nat is doing better and that she was so brave. What a great story to have for the record!!! We love you guys!
Just a suggestion. You should reload your playlist and change it to random so I don't end up hating that first song. Love ya.
Maybe I check your blog a little too frequently. hee hee
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