Wednesday, July 23, 2014

A Small Fracture (by Lindsay)

Today while we were enjoying the beautiful weather at a playground, Ella was driving her wheelchair (at full speed) and for a brief moment, took her eyes off of the path that she was traveling.

The result??

She ran knee first into a picnic bench.  Hard.

She was pretty hysterical and her knee immediately turned red, blue and purple, so we decided she should head to the ER for an x-ray.

It turns out she has a small bend to her femur, which technically counts as a fracture.  The doctors put an ace bandage around her leg until she follows up with a pediatric orthopedic doctor within the next week.

Poor Ella is miserable :(



She finally passed out from crying when we got home...but then woke up screaming about 20 minutes later and we're having a very difficult time calming her down :(


Please keep Ella in your prayers for comfort and fast healing, as we hope she doesn't have any regression due to this injury!