Fractured!

This is how we started our last week of school unfortunately...Annabel has a fractured ankle from a trampoline accident at a family graduation party. Boo!! 

We left the party, with Daddy carrying our teary and hurting girl out to the car, and went to immediate care where an x-ray confirmed a salter fracture. We left Urgent Care a couple hours later just in time for Annabel to go to a party at a new friend's house- all her friends would be there, there would be food and movies and she was not deterred by her ankle one bit- she would not be left out of this. I literally texted the mom and said we're running a few minutes late but on our way from Urgent Care on crutches but we'll be there! And oh my goodness Annabel's friends were so helpful at the party and gave her all sorts of attention. They even signed her cast!! It's actually a half-cast with mostly bandage wrapping- but they didn't care, they still signed it! So fun! Annabel is such a good sport and has been so tough through all this. I'm proud of her. We just keep moving forward- that's all we can do with this new normal.

But still, we are navigating all the emotions of ending our year this way and starting our summer this way. Everything is on hold (I mean, we have all these active camps lined up!) or cancelled and it's so frustrating and disappointing. Annabel is already feeling the sting of being left out of things- no last Field Day for her, walking out on the last day of school on crutches, no recess fun, etc. She is half-casted and using crutches as the fracture is on her growth plate and she is to be non-weight-bearing, not to mention she's in a certain amount of pain. My poor baby!

It's ironic- I was SO careful to not get anybody sick for this week's last blast of school fun, but then this happened. At least she can go to school, but then again this is zero fun.

Here's hoping Annabel heals faster than the 6-8 weeks they say it can take!! Please cross all the fingers and wish on all the stars for us!!

Such fun friends!! So thankful for their good spirits and kindness!

Resting...lots of resting in our future. Lots of Gilmore Girls and movies and reading!!!