It was bound to happen. All of us that know Makenna could have seen this coming. Such a lively, energetic, fearless little kid is certainly bound to have a few ER stories to tell when she grows up. The home phone rang at about 10:15 am. It was the school calling, and though I assumed it was going to be a recorded message I grabbed it, just in case. The nurse quickly told me she was calling about Makenna. Makenna had been out at recess, playing on the monkey bars and had fallen off and landed on her right arm. And then she says, in a hesitant voice, "I'm pretty sure it might be broken..." Well, the nurse has seen her share of broken arms, and she knows how to call them when she sees them. 

She was being so brave and tough in the office. The minute I walked in she erupted into tears (as happens when you are trying to be brave and then you see your mama). We creatively figured out a way to carry her out to the car (lots of tears and shrieks of pain in the process!). We got to the ER. Grammy met us so she could help with Carys while Makenna had her x-rays taken. And sure enough, there it was...

 ...a complete break, all the way through, right at the end of her humorous. Basically she broke part of her elbow. But when Makenna does something, she does it GOOD! And she didn't just break a bone, she broke it good! She broke it right in her growth plate, right where all the important nerves run. And when it broke, it also shifted out of place. What did all of this mean? It meant surgery the next day. That is what it meant. 

 Makenna is a brave girl. I knew she was worried. I knew she was scared. But she stayed calm. She observed, she had all her comforts with her, her blanky, her baby, her mom and dad. She did amazing. She really did! They let me go back with her while they put her under. The poor girls eyes were so big when they started giving her the gas. But though you could tell she was worried and scared, she was cooperative and stayed calm. I gave her a kiss and a half hour later all was repaired. They reset the bone, put it in place and put 2 pins in her elbow to hold it in place. 

 She had some amazing doctors that let her baby go back to surgery with her. And they even decided to operate on her babies right arm as well, and put it in a small cast so they could heal together. 

 Once Makenna realized all the "get well gifts" that came with surgery and a broken arm she quickly became a very happy, recovering little girl. Makenna loves to be doted upon, as all little girls should!

 A week in the soft cast to allow swelling to go down, then we got to go to the hospital to get her Real cast on!

 The pins in her elbow....Eeewwww!!!

 Green! You would have thought pink, but Makenna likes to keep things interesting! I gave the green cast a big thumbs up! She couldn't wait to get it signed that day. Daddy was the first person to sign her cast! A day or two later it was covered in names and hearts and well wishes. So cute!

 You would think that a girl as energetic and crazy as Makenna would have a really hard time having a cast on for 4 weeks, unable to jump, climb, ride and be wild the way she is used to. But Makenna was great. Not once did she complain. Not once did she get angry or upset over the things she missed out on. She didn't get upset when the boys went swimming and she had to play inside instead. She didn't whine when she could only take baths, no showers. She didn't complain about having to try to write with her left hand in school. She was optimistic and happy and a joy to be around. That is one of my favorite things about Makenna- she knows how to be happy and have fun like no one else I know!