ADRI's BACK for MORE!

Adri has always loved attention, but I wish she would stop! Thursday at 11:15 a.m. I took Adri to get her stitches out. She moaned, but overall it wasn't bad. Then at 7:oo p.m. Thursday night we had to take Adri to the ER for arm x-rays. She was doing cartwheels at the neighbors off of a chair and fell on her arm or elbow area. She came home screaming and crying. We couldn't calm her down. I asked her if she wanted a bath and she did. That didn't calm her down. We could not get the story of how she got hurt because she was so upset. Our home teacher is an ER doctor and Renn called him at home first. He looked at her swelling arm and met Renn at Alta View for x-rays. They were home by 9:00 p.m. I'm telling ya Home Teachers are there for a reason. This is the second time he has met Renn at Alta View. The first time was for Kaden's broken arm when he was two.

Eddie could not see anything on the x-ray, but her arm was swollen. He put her in a hard removable cast and then wrapped it. She is suppose to wear a sling also. Eddie was going to have the radiologist look at it Friday morning and call us if they found anything.

So dramatic! Adri usually is smiling, but the last two posts are dramatic looks. Adri woke up that night for pain meds, but Friday she seemed a ton better. Eddie called and there is not a break. Eddie said if there is a break in this area it usually requires surgery because it is by a growth plate. We are so relieved. It's sprained or hyper extended. Whatever-she still has to wear a cast and can't go skiing with Renn and Kaden or to tumbling. Eddie wants her to wear the cast for 5 days, look at it, and then take it off if it feels better or wear it for another five days if it's not better. She's been a good sport. She loves to show everyone and loves the attention.

I go to the doctor at least once every two weeks or once a week. I go for Alex and Abby's orthodontist appointments, Adri and Kaden's eyes, Adri's behavior counselor and all the in between. Our family is always going to the ER or instacare for something. At least we are still alive, in one piece and can afford our medical bills. I think Renn and I don't get excited over anything medically related anymore because it's just another day at the McBrides!