OUCH!!

Well it happened, Maddi has broken a bone!! She was playing hide-and-go seek with Taryn and Mackenzie last night and jumped on the couch, which she is not supposed to play on. She proceeded to bounce off the back cushion of the couch and landed hard on the ground. We heard her start crying and Taryn ran in the room to tell us that Maddi fell off the couch. Maddi can be a bit dramatic, so we weren't really sure if she was actually hurt or not. We iced it and then put a bandaid on it- that didn't fix it. She ended up falling asleep, but this morning she woke up and was really sweaty and crying. Poor thing just kept telling me "hurt" and pointing to her wrist. I took her to the doctor and after a very long day of X-rays and 2 doctor's offices...we found out she had broken her elbow in 2 places (right where the dimple is in your elbow). Funny thing is, she LOVES her cast, she calls it her big bandaid. The only color that Maddi consistenly identifies is yellow- so she picked the yellow cast. There is an option to make the cast waterproof (which I did) so that she can bathe and swim without having to worry about getting it wet. So after a long day of doctor's visits she did what every child with a broken elbow would do, she went swimming. I was a nervous wreck watching her play, but nothing was going to keep her down. She jumped and went down the slide. I was so afraid that she was going to hurt herself, but all she did was laugh her butt off for the 2 hours she played on the slide. I have to say, that little girl is a trooper and I am so impressed with how brave she was.