i was headed to a yoga class saturday morning when zach called me and told me to come home right away. he had slipped on the stairs with juniper and she hit her head. i was luckily only about 6 blocks away so i ran home as fast a i could. as i was running i realized i had to pee so bad but couldn't stop or even try to hold my bladder. so i ended up peeing my pants running down 4th street to get home to my screaming baby. at least i was wearing black pants....anyway i got home and zach and juniper were very upset. zach was wearing socks and lost his footing on the bottom few stairs, fell backwards and juniper fell out of his arms to the floor. i tried to nurse her to calm her down but after an hour she was still crying out in pain. we couldn't find any other bumps or bruises other than the one on her head but she was definitely still hurting. we called the pediatrician and she suggested we go to the emergency room. we went to CHoP and during all the evaluations we pinpointed the source of her pain was her right leg. we were admitted to a room and waited for about 5 hours until a doctor ordered x-rays. turns out her right femur was fractured above the knee. she got a long leg cast put on (pink) and as soon as her leg was set she was back to smiley herself. we have an appointment on friday to find out how long she has to wear the cast. luckily she isn't crawling or walking so it doesn't seem to be much of a hinderance.
it was a terrifying day but everyone is healing up just fine. healing physically and mentally. and it could have been worse. it could always be worse. but i'm not thinking about that.
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