0 Georgia's broken arm

The girls had their first full week of school last week, and they adjusted to their school-time sleeping schedules pretty great. I was so worried that Georgia was going to have a hard time waking up so early this year but she's getting up without a problem. I walked these cuties into school last Wednesday and got a cute picture of them in their uniforms. Love them!

On Thursday, I was on my way to the school to get in the carpool line when I got a call from Georgia's super sweet teacher, Ms. Nelson. She said Georgia fell off the monkey bars during recess and they were in the nurse's office and Georgia had a lot of pain in her arm, so she wondered if I might come to get Georgia there as opposed to waiting in the carpool line. I jokingly asked, "is her arm broken?" When she replied, "It's a possibility..." I stepped on the gas. I ran into the nurse's office to find Georgia sitting there with this sad face.

Poor thing! It just broke my heart. The nurse said she had iced it down and that she recommended we get an X-ray just to be sure. I was so glad Ms. Nelson had carried Georgia to the nurse from the playground and had stayed with her (she sent the Kindergarten assistant with her class). It is such a comfort to know Georgia is in good hands when I'm not with her. Ms. Nelson ran and got Leighton out of her class for me, and we immediately called Taylor Brown to ask what we should do. I apologized for calling with all our family injuries. As usual, he told us to head right to his office so he could check Georgia out. I could tell that Georgia was in a lot of pain on the way there...she was staring out her window with a sad look on her face. The X-ray showed a buckled fracture right near her wrist. It might be hard to see in these pictures but it was obvious in person.

Taylor told us we could either have a cast or a brace. He said casts are fun for one day and they they stink. Literally. We chose a brace so Georgia could take it off to bathe. Otherwise, she has to wear it all the time for three weeks. I am thankful she broke her left arm and not her right, so she's still able to be the self-sufficient, independent little girl she likes to be.

Leighton took some pictures with my phone while we were at Taylor's office. I think Georgia was feeling good enough to pose silly for a couple.

Georgia can't raise her arm all by herself. She has to pick it up with her other hand. It's sort of sad to watch. I hope that gets better soon.

Our friend Kathryn helped us spice us Georgia's brace with her initials in pink glitter, and that seems to make Georgia pretty happy. And for the record, Kindergarten can no longer play on the monkey bars at recess. Georgia has already made her mark at school!