Happy Friday! Thank goodness the weekend is here. This has been the longest week ever. In more ways than one.
As you know from my last post, we went to Children's ER they didn't see a fracture. So I called our ortho's office Monday morning, and our dr. was in surgery all day. Tuesday he was in his Bethany office, but a PA was able to look at her x-ray. He thought he saw a fracture and thought it would be a good idea to bring Caroline into the office 8AM on Wednesday morning. GREAT. As you can imagine our emotions were on a roller coaster. Here it is 5 days after her bath and now they think there might be a fracture?!?! Yes, they can show up 5-7 days later, but still, we just missed 5 days that her leg could have or should have been in a cast! What kind of parents are we? Of course this is what I was thinking, Web kept saying there was no way she was going to get another body cast. She was kicking and touching her BOTH her feet. So then I bucked up, positive thinking only. Then Web got upset thinking about his daughter in another body cast. It was quite the Tuesday night. And of course, in the back of my mind all I kept thinking about is my 12 college girlfriends going to our lake house this weekend, plus our trip to Mobile the following week. How could I even think about leaving my Sweet Caroline for the weekend in a body cast? How could I fly with her? Not that it would have been tough physically, but emotionally. All the stares we would have received, I know I would have lost it! So Wednesday morning rolls around and we are there right on time. We go back, Dr Herndon looks at the x-ray comes back and doesn't see a fracture! THANK YOU LORD YOU ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS. But he did see Caroline's hesitation in her leg, so he assumes there is more than likely a crack. UGH. CRACK? No one told us about cracks. Good news is he doesn't cast cracks. So we just let Caroline heal on her own and we all have to be extra careful with her left leg. Little movement. And Caroline is pretty darn smart. She keeps it tucked in on certain positions. Dr. Herndon thinks 7-10 days she will be better. PERFECT! Right on time for me to fly to Mobile and she can meet her great grandma! Hooray! (and other family members that are dying to get their hands on her!!)
On another note, I am FREAKED OUT! I am leaving for my 1st time EVER without Caroline. 2 nights without her. I had a mini cry fit this morning. When dad was in and out of the hospital earlier in the year, I never missed a night with Caroline. No matter the time or place I was there for her. What if she doesn't remember me? What if she fractures? You name it I was thinking it. But I know she is in good hands. Web is an excellent daddy who loves his daughter so much that I know they will have a great time. And I will be with a great group of ladies that will keep me entertained.
We dodged a bullet with the crack and we are so grateful! Have a great weekend everyone!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Close call
Well what a weekend. 1st of all let me start off by saying Happy Late Fathers Day! I hope everyone had a great day! Web and I counted are blessings. We were so happy to have Sweet Caroline to celebrate and having my dad ALIVE was icing on the cake. My dad even came to OKC to celebrate with us. We were supposed to meet him in Tulsa, but plans changed for us. Just when you think life is slowly moving back to normal, a collision of sorts happens.
We started Fathers Day weekend early at the lake. Web loves the lake. If it were possible, some way some how, he would find a way for us to live there full time. I love the lake as well, but not nearly as much! Especially with a 7 month old! Days of laying out on the boat, drinking an adult beverage, listening to music is a thing of the past. We were all at the lake by Thursday evening, had some dinner, and called it an early night. Our plan was to take C out on the boat in the morning and see how she did on it. We wanted to do it before the weekend rough waters started. Of course, nothing goes as planned and by the time we got around Friday it was noon and already 93 degrees out. Not going to take her out. So we decided we would take her out that evening. Once the sun was going down and the random boaters out on a Friday were home. C showed us that once again, her parents are nervous wrecks all the time. Well, Web more than me. Yes, I am a nervous wreck, but for some reason on this boat ride I wasn't scared. Sweet girl had so many pictures taken of herself, that she now knows to smile on cue for the camera! Well I think so. Others might disagree, but she seems to smile for my camera! We all had a great time on the boat. Me, Web, Caroline, Nana and Pop. Everyone was happy to see that C was having a good time. Of course, we didn't want to "rock the boat" (horrible pun I know) and cut the boat ride short. C had on layers of sun screen, and had to have a bath. Unfortunately, C doesn't have her bath tub at the lake. And she still isn't sitting up on her own. So, Web kept his bathing suit on, and got in the bathtub with her.
Everything was fine. C was laughing, kicking, splashing having a good time. Web was keeping her upright. All was ok. She was smiling. Then all of a sudden out of nowhere, we hear the loudest, piercing scream. It was so loud. I immediately grabbed her out of the tub. She is still screaming. I asked Web if he noticed anything while they were in the tub together and he felt nothing. So what could be wrong? Once she did calm down, Web tried to get her to sleep, but she wouldn't co-operate. She stayed up until 10 PM that night. Never has she stayed up that late. Web noticed that she was not using her left leg. It was immobile. She had it tucked in and wasn't going to let us touch it. GREAT. Here we are in Cherokee County and our daughter isn't moving her leg. We decided to let her sleep, and reassess in the morning. 6 AM C is crying. She is miserable, we are miserable. Poor Kelsey was miserable! After much discussion, we decided to pack up and go back home. C needed an x-ray. It's funny, we both knew that was the answer. But it took us 2 hours to leave. We didn't want OI to win. Mother's Day weekend and our 1st anniversary were ruined by a broken femur, why in the world did Father's Day have to be ruined as well? It wasn't fair and we were not happy. Once again I found myself cussing out OI.
By 8AM we were on our way back home to OKC and the Children's Hospital. I gotta say that place is pretty efficient. I was still at the front window finishing paper work and they called C's name to go back to an exam room. Of course, you have to deal with the tech and tell them C's story. Then a resident comes in and she thinks we need to x-ray her whole body. No, we don't. We know our daughter. Her arms and right femur are ok. It's her left leg. But she is a resident and I am sure bored, since we were 1 of 3 exam rooms full. Why would we want to expose C to more radiation than what is necessary? So she was going to "discuss" it with the attending on duty. You do that Dr. Resident, because no matter what anyone says, we were not going to let them do a full body x-ray. The attending dr. came back, understood that we knew what we were talking about and ordered left femur only. DUH. We finally get to x-ray and sadly we knew exactly what to do. 2 x-rays done and we were back to our room waiting.
Well get this, the attending dr. couldn't see a fracture. She did however mention more than once, that C's x-rays are pretty hard to read. Well no shit sherlock, she has OI. Her femurs are bowed. She has had more than 15 fractures in her short life. I swear if I ever have to work, I am going back to radiology school. I think I can read her x-rays better than doctors! The attending decided that she needed the on-call orthopedic dr. to look at her x-ray. He was not a pediatric ortho, but still he looked at her x-ray and didn't see a fracture either. So yeah! And I should point out, that C was moving her left leg a little more, but definitely still hesitant. Also, fractures can take up to 5-7 days to show up on x-ray. The dr. told us to contact Dr. Herndon (C's ortho) Monday morning and we were on our way home. Yeah! And we were only at the hospital 2 hours! We were so elated that she didn't leave in a full body cast. All I kept thinking about in the hospital is how unfair this was to us. Web wanted to spend his 1st father's day at the lake. I have a girls weekend at the lake planned for the following weekend. We have been planning it for 4 months! Plus, we are leaving for Mobile, July 1st. How was I going to do any of it, with C in a body cast? I know my friends would have understood if the girls weekend was canceled. But how unfair to me! I want this weekend. I need this weekend. And my grandma's 90th birthday is July 3rd. She has yet to meet her only great grand child. How was I going to explain not going??!?! Yes, she knows she has OI, but still she wants to meet her. And I want see her too! It just wasn't fair!
So we dodged a bullet. Well at least so far. I am pending a call back from our dr. once he looks at her x-ray. C is slowly moving her left leg. Not much, but more than yesterday. Web and I are extremely grateful that she is not in another full body cast. The thought of her taking more steps backwards in her development makes me ill. She is slowly sitting on her own, but definitely needs more daily practice.
All in all, Web had the best father's day! His daughter was healthy and no matter where we are, as long as we are together as a family, it's a good day. No, we weren't at the lake, and yes it was super hot and water would have been nice, but we are still pretty lucky parents! Love to all!
We started Fathers Day weekend early at the lake. Web loves the lake. If it were possible, some way some how, he would find a way for us to live there full time. I love the lake as well, but not nearly as much! Especially with a 7 month old! Days of laying out on the boat, drinking an adult beverage, listening to music is a thing of the past. We were all at the lake by Thursday evening, had some dinner, and called it an early night. Our plan was to take C out on the boat in the morning and see how she did on it. We wanted to do it before the weekend rough waters started. Of course, nothing goes as planned and by the time we got around Friday it was noon and already 93 degrees out. Not going to take her out. So we decided we would take her out that evening. Once the sun was going down and the random boaters out on a Friday were home. C showed us that once again, her parents are nervous wrecks all the time. Well, Web more than me. Yes, I am a nervous wreck, but for some reason on this boat ride I wasn't scared. Sweet girl had so many pictures taken of herself, that she now knows to smile on cue for the camera! Well I think so. Others might disagree, but she seems to smile for my camera! We all had a great time on the boat. Me, Web, Caroline, Nana and Pop. Everyone was happy to see that C was having a good time. Of course, we didn't want to "rock the boat" (horrible pun I know) and cut the boat ride short. C had on layers of sun screen, and had to have a bath. Unfortunately, C doesn't have her bath tub at the lake. And she still isn't sitting up on her own. So, Web kept his bathing suit on, and got in the bathtub with her.
Everything was fine. C was laughing, kicking, splashing having a good time. Web was keeping her upright. All was ok. She was smiling. Then all of a sudden out of nowhere, we hear the loudest, piercing scream. It was so loud. I immediately grabbed her out of the tub. She is still screaming. I asked Web if he noticed anything while they were in the tub together and he felt nothing. So what could be wrong? Once she did calm down, Web tried to get her to sleep, but she wouldn't co-operate. She stayed up until 10 PM that night. Never has she stayed up that late. Web noticed that she was not using her left leg. It was immobile. She had it tucked in and wasn't going to let us touch it. GREAT. Here we are in Cherokee County and our daughter isn't moving her leg. We decided to let her sleep, and reassess in the morning. 6 AM C is crying. She is miserable, we are miserable. Poor Kelsey was miserable! After much discussion, we decided to pack up and go back home. C needed an x-ray. It's funny, we both knew that was the answer. But it took us 2 hours to leave. We didn't want OI to win. Mother's Day weekend and our 1st anniversary were ruined by a broken femur, why in the world did Father's Day have to be ruined as well? It wasn't fair and we were not happy. Once again I found myself cussing out OI.
By 8AM we were on our way back home to OKC and the Children's Hospital. I gotta say that place is pretty efficient. I was still at the front window finishing paper work and they called C's name to go back to an exam room. Of course, you have to deal with the tech and tell them C's story. Then a resident comes in and she thinks we need to x-ray her whole body. No, we don't. We know our daughter. Her arms and right femur are ok. It's her left leg. But she is a resident and I am sure bored, since we were 1 of 3 exam rooms full. Why would we want to expose C to more radiation than what is necessary? So she was going to "discuss" it with the attending on duty. You do that Dr. Resident, because no matter what anyone says, we were not going to let them do a full body x-ray. The attending dr. came back, understood that we knew what we were talking about and ordered left femur only. DUH. We finally get to x-ray and sadly we knew exactly what to do. 2 x-rays done and we were back to our room waiting.
Well get this, the attending dr. couldn't see a fracture. She did however mention more than once, that C's x-rays are pretty hard to read. Well no shit sherlock, she has OI. Her femurs are bowed. She has had more than 15 fractures in her short life. I swear if I ever have to work, I am going back to radiology school. I think I can read her x-rays better than doctors! The attending decided that she needed the on-call orthopedic dr. to look at her x-ray. He was not a pediatric ortho, but still he looked at her x-ray and didn't see a fracture either. So yeah! And I should point out, that C was moving her left leg a little more, but definitely still hesitant. Also, fractures can take up to 5-7 days to show up on x-ray. The dr. told us to contact Dr. Herndon (C's ortho) Monday morning and we were on our way home. Yeah! And we were only at the hospital 2 hours! We were so elated that she didn't leave in a full body cast. All I kept thinking about in the hospital is how unfair this was to us. Web wanted to spend his 1st father's day at the lake. I have a girls weekend at the lake planned for the following weekend. We have been planning it for 4 months! Plus, we are leaving for Mobile, July 1st. How was I going to do any of it, with C in a body cast? I know my friends would have understood if the girls weekend was canceled. But how unfair to me! I want this weekend. I need this weekend. And my grandma's 90th birthday is July 3rd. She has yet to meet her only great grand child. How was I going to explain not going??!?! Yes, she knows she has OI, but still she wants to meet her. And I want see her too! It just wasn't fair!
So we dodged a bullet. Well at least so far. I am pending a call back from our dr. once he looks at her x-ray. C is slowly moving her left leg. Not much, but more than yesterday. Web and I are extremely grateful that she is not in another full body cast. The thought of her taking more steps backwards in her development makes me ill. She is slowly sitting on her own, but definitely needs more daily practice.
All in all, Web had the best father's day! His daughter was healthy and no matter where we are, as long as we are together as a family, it's a good day. No, we weren't at the lake, and yes it was super hot and water would have been nice, but we are still pretty lucky parents! Love to all!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Improvement
Hey! Well it's been 2 weeks and Caroline had definitely made great strides on her motor skills. On the last post, I mentioned that she would not kick her right leg. Well a few days after that post, she was kicking it! It's been great watching her in the bath kicking and splashing like she used to do. She is also putting her toes in her mouth again! I can't believe in 2 weeks she has gone from laying on her back not being able to do anything, back to where she was when she broke her leg. It's like development on speed! It's been very fun watching her progress. She can sit up with a pillow behind her. She is just dying to sit up on her own. She tries all day long. I recently bought some toys that she can play with sitting up, and she is liking them so I am hopeful that will help in her strength to sit up. I guess we'll see. I also got her in a pool for her 1st time. In the beginning, she was a little apprehensive, but she finally figured it out. We plan on putting her in a pool daily, so she better get used to it!
Web and I have put in an offer on a house for Caroline. Actually we call it Caroline's house, because it's everything she needs. Pool for her therapy. Carpet in her room. Actually carpet in all the bedrooms. And her bedroom is directly across from ours. We can see her crib from our bed in our new room. Poor thing, won't be able to hide from us! But we need to be close to her, especially when she starts standing up and walking. Unfortunately or fortunately, however you see it, she has yet to roll over since the break. Seriously, she is the smartest child. It's like she knows that's how she got the cast last time and she won't even try it. So, Caroline won't be crawling anytime soon. I can barely get her to do tummy time without throwing a fit. Oh well. I'll just remember the good developments right now, and worry about the others later!
I think I am going to check out a Gymboree class next week. Just to see what they are teaching babies, and maybe enroll Caroline. I would be doing the class with her, so we would definitely know her limitations. I am also starting a moms bible study next week. It's geared for moms. Bringing GOD into your everyday teachings/lessons to your children as they grow. Plus, I am hoping it will improve my spirituality with GOD. There are many times when I want to curse him for putting Web and I through this unknown with Caroline. I know, people say that we were chosen by GOD, yada yada. But sometimes, when your daughter is crying and you have no idea how to console them because they are broken you just don't believe it. So hopefully this bible study class will be the ticket! At least on the right track!
Web and I hope you are enjoying your summer! Ours started rough, but we are doing much better! We can't wait to move into our new house and swim! Party at our house, if you all are ever in OKC!
Love to all!
Web and I have put in an offer on a house for Caroline. Actually we call it Caroline's house, because it's everything she needs. Pool for her therapy. Carpet in her room. Actually carpet in all the bedrooms. And her bedroom is directly across from ours. We can see her crib from our bed in our new room. Poor thing, won't be able to hide from us! But we need to be close to her, especially when she starts standing up and walking. Unfortunately or fortunately, however you see it, she has yet to roll over since the break. Seriously, she is the smartest child. It's like she knows that's how she got the cast last time and she won't even try it. So, Caroline won't be crawling anytime soon. I can barely get her to do tummy time without throwing a fit. Oh well. I'll just remember the good developments right now, and worry about the others later!
I think I am going to check out a Gymboree class next week. Just to see what they are teaching babies, and maybe enroll Caroline. I would be doing the class with her, so we would definitely know her limitations. I am also starting a moms bible study next week. It's geared for moms. Bringing GOD into your everyday teachings/lessons to your children as they grow. Plus, I am hoping it will improve my spirituality with GOD. There are many times when I want to curse him for putting Web and I through this unknown with Caroline. I know, people say that we were chosen by GOD, yada yada. But sometimes, when your daughter is crying and you have no idea how to console them because they are broken you just don't believe it. So hopefully this bible study class will be the ticket! At least on the right track!
Web and I hope you are enjoying your summer! Ours started rough, but we are doing much better! We can't wait to move into our new house and swim! Party at our house, if you all are ever in OKC!
Love to all!
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