Abigail

Well the Wilson clan knows what it's like now to sport a cast.  Sweet little Abigail broke her leg yesterday at childcare.  I took her to urgent care last night when she kept crying and wouldn't put her leg down when I got her home last night.  They put her in a splint until I could get her to the orthopaedic doctor.  She sure was a trooper for me:

 I was told last night that the cast would need to be above her knee and she would have to wear it for 4 - 6 weeks.  Dawn (her caregiver) and I talked a lot last night trying to figure out how and when it happened.  Abigail had gotten her leg caught up under a mat yesterday and one of the children "helped" her get her leg out and that was all we could come up with that happened . . .

After NO SLEEP last night I got an appointment for 10:30 this morning.  This appt went so well.  The doctor said this was a very common break and happens all the time.  It happens from a twisting motion when children are walking and twist their leg when they fall or get their leg stuck in something and twist to get out.  Anyway, we've been trying to motivate Abigail to start walking but it's actually a blessing that she hasn't started walking yet.  Because of that they only put the cast below her knee and covered her toes so she could still crawl and not hurt her toes.  So she is still going to be mobile!  If she was a walker already she would have the cast past her knee to keep her from walking which would have been very frustrating for her. . . . and the doc said she should only have to wear the cast for 3 weeks!  Not the original 4-6 weeks I was told last night.  So we are so thankful for all the good news we got on this today.

Of course at a pediatric ortho clinic they are only going to have bright cast colors to choose from!  I asked them why they didn't have pastels : )  So we chose purple since that was the least "bright as the sun" color I had to choose from.  Abigail even smiled when I took her picture:

 The first thing she did when we got home was crawl all over the living room and play with her toys so I don't think this cast is going to slow her down any : )  She's just going to have to get sponge baths for the next 3 weeks . . . so if my baby seems a little "crusty" to you the next time you see her cut her some slack ok?