Brynn's Broken Leg

Fortunately we have not had very many accidents at our house yet, but let me tell you, our first ER trip was definitely a good one. Just this Labor day weekend, Brynn was jumping on the tramp with Brooklyn and Brandon. Ryder and I were sitting on the back porch watching them play and all of the sudden Brynnley started screaming and Brandon started yelling that her leg is broken. And then I see the leg. OUCH!!!! The foot was totally hanging at this weird inverted angle and there was absolutely no question that it was broken. So...we all jumped into the car and headed to the ER at Timp hospital. Brynnley was in a lot of pain and crying and everything, but she was still coherent enough to tell Brandon to "hurry and drive faster because I'm in a lot of pain here!" Once we got to the hospital, they X-rayed her leg and told us that the Tibia and Fibia were both broken and that we needed to go to Primary Children's Hospital for surgery. I rode in the ambulance with Brynn up to Primary Children's. At that point, she was on enough Morphine that she was able to sleep the entire ride. Once we got there, the Dr. said that he didn't want to operate if he could set the leg without having to do surgery. Luckily, they were able to set the leg and put a soft cast on it and we finally got home about 1 am.

Brynn gets her real cast on Wednesday and they said that she we have it on for 4-6 weeks. She is such a brave little girl. I can't even begin to imagine how much pain she was in. It really breaks my heart to think about it and Brandon was also really upset to see her in so much pain. As a parent that is really hard to watch. I really hope we don't have to do anything like that anytime soon. What an adventure!
Brynnley is doing really well with her crutches. At first I was worried that she wouldn't be able to figure them out, but it didn't take her long to master it. Just last night she was having Brandon count to see how long it took her to go from the family room to her bedroom and then she was playing a little game trying to do it faster and faster.
With a new baby and a 5 year old on crutches, this past week has been a little challenging. There was one moment when Ryder was screaming and Brynn was crying from the pain and then Brynn stopped and she looked at me and said "Mom, is it hard to have 3 kids?" I said "Sometimes it can be hard." Then Brynn looked really sad and said "And now I'm just making it harder for you. I'm sorry." I thought it was so cute that she would even worry about me. She didn't want to cause me any more work. How cute is that? I love you Brynn!