It was a quiet and sunny day...evening was approaching.
A rumble in the park seemed like the perfect thing to do before settling in for bed.
and then....a thud, total silence and finally a piercing scream
.....the quiet was no longer.
What started as a persistent and courageous swing
on the monkey bars ended in a tragic accident.
The incident occured around 6:00pm on Sunday.
One look at the arm confirmed the worst....there was definately something wrong....when an arm goes in two different directions it is a sure sign that there is a problem.
The calm and collected mother picked up dear daughter, smiled, and said
"It will be ok, honey bunches".
Dear daughter was quick to give her opinion on that....
"NOOOOO, it is not ok....look at my arm!"
Ok, dear daughter was right...time to panic!
And so they began the longest journey of their life.
Dear son was a little put out and therefore was lagging behind 20 or so meters behind screaming "I want to stay at the park! I am NOT done playing!"
Dear daughter was yelling in pain
"I am so dumb....I am going to die!"
Upon arrival to the room the responsible mother exudes an aura of calm
(ok...maybe that is a stretch)
and once all participants have stopped hyperventilating, makes some frantic calls.
Dear mother realizes that she is not getting anywhere and that all that was left to do was use her virtue of patience (while awaiting the return of dear dad, grandma and grandpa from church).
She attempts to settle the lovely children. Of course, dear daughter wants nothing to do with this procedure and screams in excrutiating pain that she wants her "daddy"!
Finally, dear dad arrives and whisks them off to the hospital
where they sat...and sat....and sat....
It only took 8 hours to confirm that dear daughter had broken her ulna and radius!
A further visit to the orthopeadic surgeon confirmed the diagnosis.
The broken bones were snapped into proper position.
Dear daughter was extremely brave and took the pain like a trooper.
The reward.....a cast the color of her choice....
of course dear daughter picked
PURPLE.
And so the epic ends.....except.....
dear daughter wishes she picked
PINK....
SURPRISE! SURPRISE!
