Broken Lily

This is Lily in the recovery room right after surgery. Her hair was a huge rat nest after several days of sweaty fevers and laying on her back. Peter was her constant companion. He snuggled and consoled her, carried her to the potty and combed all the tangles out without any pain. Such a good daddy.

Coming home from the hospital the first time, with still a broken arm, Lily lay in my lap on the floor. She was wearing a diaper and told me she needed to go potty. Since we were still 10 min from home and she was in lots of pain I told her to go in her diaper. The next thing I knew I was feeling awfully warm. I was sure that everything would be soaked. But when we got out of the car Lily and the floor were dry the only thing wet was my bum and Lily's diaper was a little damp. Peter is certain that I just peed my pants and blamed it on Lily.

This is her home from the hospital still broken. She was in lots of pain and was very sleepy.



This is Lily in the hospital bed after a very long night in 2 ER's waiting for some kind of results. Her arm is in a plaster splint wrapped in ace wrap. The other hand has an IV and the board is just keeping it secure.

Lily 3 days after surgery was feeling much like herself and getting rather wiggly. I am very surprised how fast after the surgery and the pain was under control she was back to normal. She was very brave and so sweet during this whole process. I wish she had not gone through any of the ER ordeals but we did get a very good surgeon and her arm is now on the mend.

This was Lily painting her bird house 2 days before the accident. Hopefully after all the long weeks of casts and trauma this cute little arm will be seen again.

Lily broke 2 pieces off the end of the humorous bone in her right elbow. This caused the radius and ulna to detach and separate the whole joint. Because of so much manipulation in the ER the broken pieces had rotated making a difficult surgery even harder. The surgeon was able to find the broken pieces by using live xray and a 2 inch incision over the joint. The pieces were put back on and the whole joint was put back together and held in place with 2 pins. She is now in a partial cast wrapped with ace bandage wrap that she is to wear for 4 weeks. She will then go back to the hospital (as long as all looks well) and be put to sleep again to remove the pins and stitches. Then they will tell us what to expect after that. It has defiantly been an eventful month.