OK, so imagine the happy family, joyfully on their way to brunch on Saturday morning, and here we are, swinging Amélie by her arms so that she can put her feet way up towards the sky...
All was well until mom feels a snap in her left wrist... Followed by Amélie whaling like we rarely heard before and not wanting anyone to go near her arm!
Next step? Of course, straight to the doctor, who thought it was
nursemaid elbow... Manipulated the arm to put the elbow back together, and here we are on our way back home, with a kid that is really unhappy in her car seat...
During the afternoon on Saturday, Amélie did not want to leave the sofa, and was totally against anyone coming close to her arm...
On Sunday, it became clear that the elbow manipulation didn't work so well, so we went to the Doc again... An X-Ray and number of hours later, nothing new, and we were sent home with a sling:
As we weren't able to undress her otherwise, we cut her U of Rochester T-Shirt to remove it, Amélie was not so happy about putting a jacket on instead, but hey, c'est la vie!
On Monday, she stayed with Dad on the sofa all day:
But in the evening, a miracle happened, she motioned towards her new table to eat strawberries, and even smiled:
From there she tentatively walked around, but was still not very upbeat... The next day, we avoided the dressing effort by resorting to a poncho look that she was thrilled with:
On Wed Amélie seemed a bit better and stayed at day care for the whole day. Today she was back to her old self, although she still doesn't fully use her left arm...
These last few days, she has been quick at reminding everyone that her mom did hurt her, and that it was painful, and fully playing the gilt card, asked mom repeatedly for 'purple ice cream' with begging eyes... She has had more purple ice cream in these last few days than in her whole life...
