Reger Family Blessings: Isabel's Broken Leg :-(

We have our very first broken bone in the family and it comes in the littlest form. Our crazy little climber slipped on Sunday and has a fracture in her lower right leg from walking. Not climbing something she shouldn't be climbing but just walking on the kitchen floor and slipping on a piece of clothing while I was folding laundry.
She fell around 5:00 Sunday evening and I knew immediately that she was hurt because of the way she was crying and holding onto me for dear life. The way she fell forward and caught herself I was thinking she had hurt her arms so while I was holding her I was trying to move her arms around to see where it hurt. It wasn't until I tried to stand her up to get a better look at her that I realized that it wasn't her arms but her legs. I got her calmed down but she still wouldn't put any weight on her legs. Mike was gone to the Colts game with his dad so I got a hold of him when I knew they would be on their way home. We decided to wait a bit to see if it got any better. We did dinner and bath and as I got her dressed she was miserable and really squirmed every time I touched her leg. So at 7:00 Isabel and I headed to the ER.
They got us right in and checked her out. The nurse tried to get her to stand and boy did she cry. They got her some motrin and tylenol for the pain and then took us back for some X-Rays. They took X-Rays of both her legs from her feet to her hips because at that point I wasn't for sure where the injury was. I am glad I was able to be in there with her because she was very upset, poor baby was just so scared. The X-Rays came back clear so they sent us home with instructions to see the pediatrician the next day.
Isabel was pretty miserable Monday. She wouldn't put weight on her leg at all and just wanted to be held. I could tell exactly when the motrin was wearing off. In the afternoon we headed to see our pediatrician and she said just to watch her over the next few days and if she wasn't getting any better then she would need to be seen again.
As the week went on she seemed to be getting better. She wasn't in as much pain and really started to move around. She crawled everywhere and would even pull up to standing but she never would put any weight on her lower right leg. So today we headed back to the pediatrician to get rechecked. As soon as they saw that she wouldn't even try to stand up on her leg they sent us on to and orthopedic specialist. He checked her out and said he suspected that she had a fracture in her lower leg or in the bone in her foot that connects to her big toe. He said we could do more X-Rays or a bone scan but their was still a chance that it might not show up so he suggested skipping that step and going ahead with a cast to be sure. He said she was clearly in pain and this would protect it while it healed. She was such a good girl while she got her cast on, She didn't cry at all, she just watched the nurse put it on. I think it helped that she was able to sit on her mommy's lap while they did it. We will see how she does in 3 weeks when they have to cut it off of her. So far the cast doesn't seem to be bothering her. She hasn't tried walking on it yet but I bet she will be walking around with it in no time! Of course we picked pink and she is rocking it!