Bailey's broken leg

These past couple weeks have been crazy. My poor little Bailey broke her leg and its been tough. On Friday (the 22nd) Bailey was playing upstairs and came down the stairs. On the last few steps she sliped and fell down twisting her leg. Paul and I heard the screaming but didn't think it was broken since it was just a few steps and it wasn't swelling at all. The poor child was in some pain and couldn't walk at all. about 45 minutes later she still was hurting so we thought we ought to get her checked out at the instacare at 10 at night and it was a good thing we did. She had a spiral break so the doctor gave her a splint and told us we had to wait until Wednesday to cast it. This pic was taken when she came home. She was absolutely exhausted!

 

She had to sit around all day while the splint was on. We had to carry her around, to bed, etc. She was a trooper. If you know Bailey you know she cannot sit still. She's a mover so it was slight torture for her.  I did her hair in the morning in two braids and this is how her hair looked at the end of the day from all her restlessness on the couch. 

 

It looks better in the picture than it really did. I had to use some serious conditioner and a comb to get the "rats nest" out. 

When the day finally came to get her cast, she was so excited. We took her to a specialist and since she still needed to be carried Paul took her. The best part was when he came to pick her up he had his own splint on. He had chipped a bone in his knuckle playing dodgeball! Yes dodgeball. He's playing for a league with some friends. It was quite the sight seeing him carrying around Bailey. She loves her new purple cast. She made sure every doctor, nurse, technician knew she wanted a purple one so she got it! She'll have this one on for two weeks then get her walking cast. She'll get the new cast  almost a week before she goes back on track.