She's a Trooper!

Last Monday, May 21st, Payton and I were outside watching her Daddy and Opa build a garage. We were playing nicely,collecting screws in her bucket, nothing out of the ordinary happened (or so we thought). After playing for a while, I put Payton down for a nap, when she woke up she immediately began crying. I went upstairs to get her and she refused to stand up, which is unlike her. I picked her up and brought her down for lunch... this is when we noticed that something was wrong. Payton was her happy self while eating, but only seemed to be using her right arm, completely ignoring her left arm. I was very bizarre because when there is food around, she is normally double-fisting it into her mouth. We tried moving her left arm for her, but when we did she would cry. After confering with Oma & Opa, we decided to get her arm checked out at the Alberta Children's Hospital.

After only a 3 hour wait, we were in to get X-Rays (which I couldn't attend because I'm extremely pregant). Payton did not like sitting with a nurese while Mommy waited outside the X-Ray room (neither did I... not saying I cried or anything). After the tears were over, the results came back that she had slightly fractured her elbow and needed to be in a splint for 7-10 days. This must have happened while playing outside, she fell a few times (which is TOTALLY normal) and didn't even wince or cry... what a toughie! We came home to share the news with Dad...

It was a LONG day for Payton!

Although Payton was in a cast and needed to be in a sling at all times unless resting, it did not slow her down in the least! Payton did everything she had done before her accident.

She laughed

She tried to get comfy

She bathed (with a plastic bag on her arm)

She brushed her teeth

She drank her water

She helped Mom with chores

and she was her CRAZY, ADORABLE self!

There were so many more things she did, this definitely didn't slow her down. In fact, she struggled somewhat crawling upstairs, so she decided that instead of crawling she should just walk up them... so now she is walking up stairs holding on to the railing.

And today, on Monday, May 27, we went back to ACH and had her cast removed and took more X-Rays to see that she is back to 100%. We are thankkful for her quick recovery!