April Accidents

WARNING:  The following pictures may not be suitable for those who may have a weak stomach.

In April, we had to major accidents happen to our family within 6 days of each other.

Ashton's happened first.  We were at Grandma and Grandpa Reed's house on a Sunday and he fell off the trampoline.  Ben rushed us to the hospital.  Thank goodness there was no one in the waiting room.   We knew it was broken just by looking at it.  His arm looked like rubber!  The doctor brought the xray machine into his room, put him into a light sleep and move the bones around until they were straight and then they cast it.  Ashton didn't cry once in the hospital.  He was so brave!

Ashton's xray

Ashton's soft cast

The famous broken arm!

Six days later, we were at Grandma and Grandpa Reed's house again and Lacey was trying to open a child's folding chair.  She almost had it opened when it folded up and she fell, landing on it with her finger inside it.  My brother James was there and had to help me open up the chair to get her finger out of it.  We rushed her to the same hospital and saw the same doctors.  On the way to the hospital, it just broke my heart because she never cried.  She just hummed to herself and every once in a while she would say "Ouch" or "Mommy, it hurts."  They did an amazing job sewing it up.  She didn't even cry.  They numbed her finger and I held her as they stitched her up. She watched the entire time while I sang primary songs to her.  Her finger is healing up and the nail has grown back. It is truly a miracle.

The strange thing is that Grandpa Reed did the exact same thing when he was 5 years old, except his finger came completely off!  Luckily the doctors were able to sew his finger on as well.

Lacey's finger

It didn't stop her from playing.

The stitches

Almost every week I had to take both kids to the same orthopedic surgeon.  Ashton's arm has healed beautifully.  In fact, he was able to get his cast off sooner than expected!  However, the tip of Lacey bone broke off in the accident and is just floating in there.  We are hoping that in the next few months there will be new bone growth.  Otherwise, they will have to remove the little piece of bone.