Sunday, May 25, 2008

Anna's Newest Accessory

Annabelle's newest accessory is purple, will most likely be very expensive, was custom made for her, draws lots of attention and limits her wardrobe to tops with large armholes!
Annabelle broke her arm Saturday evening while we were visiting with grandparents here in Utah. She barely fussed after she fell off of an exercise machine so I was surprised when Mike said that he thought she had broken her arm and without even asking for a second opinion was strapping her into her car seat.
As it turns out Mike was right and her arm was a little crooked! The entire car ride and almost throughout the hospital visit Annabelle never cried about her arm - but doctors and nurses sure made her furious!
Her ulna and radius are both broken in what is called a 'green stem fracture' which means that her bones bent and must had to be bent back (she was out for that part) and are now in a splint - or as she told everyone at church a "spleent". Later this week she'll get a cast on.

She seems to be adjusting well and has still been using her left arm. If you ask her about pain she'll either ignore you or tell you that it only hurt a little bit. She is still just as independent as ever - she insisted on putting on her own sandals this morning and pulled up her own pajama pants for bed this evening. She has been fairly patient with me trying to get shirts off and on and making her wear a bag over her arm at times.

15 comments:

Meg said...

I'm sorry to hear that Tia! What a trooper though! And I still can't get over how CUTE she is!

alma and nicole smith said...

Annabelle you crazy lady! Why on earth were you exercising? Well, I love your new accessory, it is pretty cute. Get well soon little squirt.
-Alma

Leigh Harris said...

Oh my heavens! What a tough wee sausage Annabelle is! Hope you guys are enjoying your last spout of fun before heading off to Arizona...miss you guys!

Chelsea said...

Now when you move to your new ward in AZ, everyone will ask you to babysit their children! hee hee.
Seriously, though, that's good it didn't hurt her too much. :)

Sara Lee said...

I still can't believe it. her poor arm. Kids are so much more tolerable about pain.

The Fox Family said...

omgoodness!!! My little baby! AAHHHH! Is she ok? Holy cow...i could have been watching her instead that night...is this while you were at the temple...this is all my fault. ok i am done...haha. Man...tough girl...was mommy as tough? how's the packing coming?

Jessi, DJ, Annica and Eli said...

So I know we have already talked about this situation... but Ijust wanted to tell you that we have been trying to explain to annica that Annabelle hurt her arm... she did not really get it. BUt then I showed her these pictures and she was VERY concerned. "is she okay? is it gonna get better? " then she REALLY wanted to call her to make sure she was okay! But I did not think that you would uch appreciate a 6:30 phone call this morning. Man my kids hve been getting up so early!! ( i don't even know if you will be able to read these comments nytime soon?) Love ya!

Holly said...

I am so sorry! How sad! I'm glad she's doing okay with it and that she didn't cry too much. That's so crazy that something so little caused her to break her arm so bad! :(

alma and nicole smith said...

oh anna! i love your cast, its very pretty. she just gets prettier and prettier every time i see her (mostly through pictures). love her outfit!

Lindsay said...

wow! I hope everything heals okay. you are lucky that she deals with the pain well and isn't constantly crying and complaining it hurts! SHe sure looks cute though in her little cast!

The Spanns said...

oh my! what a trooper! i really think we need to sign her cast when she gets it.... we miss you guys!

whit said...

I told E and Caroline about this and they keep asking about it. Then they tell random people that Annabelle broke her arm. Nice call Mike. Hope she is well.

Caroline Elia Seguritan said...

Ok, how did you get such a cute background? Did you make it or find some website that makes them? I'm trying to find a Hawaiiany one or a foody type, but I'm not as used to all this as I suppose you are. Have you seen mine that I've finally made, seguritanhome.blogspot.com. Anyways you've moved! Can't wait to see the pictures of your new place!

faith said...

hurt kids are so sad. sounds like she's handling it pretty well, though. hope things just get better.

oh, and that's totally awesome to find out you guys are family! i actually drew out a little family tree to figure out how you and spencer are related. with the information i have, you and spencer are 4th cousins once removed. pretty cool, don't you think?!

dreamkas said...

Okay tia , Ive given you weeeeeks, plenty of time i gave you for a new post about your new home...my patience is officially gone i want pics and details about the new place about church etc etc etc come on!!!!!!! and Andrea had her baby and so did Lindsey she was a week early!