Anika’s Broken Arm

Yep, Anika has a broken arm. Actually, a fractured ulna is the technical term (the ulna is the forearm bone on the pinky side of your arm), and the orthopedic doc thinks her radius (the thumb side bone) looks a little bent or “greensticked” too. Greenstick fractures usually have a bit of a break in them, but this one just seems more bowed than it should.

She got her green cast on Thursday, which she was very excited about; and it comes off right before we leave for Family Camp, which I’m very excited about. Overall, if you have to break your arm, I think this is a pretty good way to do it: have it hurt so little that it takes a week for anyone to figure out it’s broken, smile all the way through the the two doctor appointments and one radiologist appointment needed to determine whether or not it was broken or not and to get the cast on, and then time it so well that you get your cast off right before vacation. Not too bad! Well done, Anika.

I took a couple pictures of her in her new apparatus yesterday but haven’t dumped them onto my computer yet. I’ll see about getting those uploaded and posted here for you in the next couple days. Well, I’m off to softball practice. Have a great weekend!

Rachel