sueprogress - Friday, June 08, 2007 12:29:10 PM

Well, they say things come in batches.........I guess it's our turn to receive the hard knocks. In spades! On Wednesday, Laura jumped from a bench to grab a branch on the school playground. It's a game she and others have played many times, but this time she missed the branch.The damage: a broken left leg, and a fractured left wrist. The leg has a large heavy cast which extends over the knee as the break was on the upper part of the lower leg. Her left forearm is also casted.

The MD wants her to keep the leg elevated as much as possible, so she's not returning to school for the remainder. And since her classroom is on the second floor with no elevator in the building, attending school wouldn't work. Especially since she can't use regular crutches given the wrist fracture. Fortunately her teachers are not concerned about her missing anything significant given it's so late in the year. Also fortunate for me that the nausea and stomach issues subsided in the last couple of days, so I can now look after her.

Unbelievable, huh? Can't help but ask big questions like, what is this all about?????? Why so much all at once?????Are we being asked to slow down and pay attention to all there is to appreciate in our lives? Maybe this is about learning to rely on others, rather than so often being the caretakers ourselves. Questions we can't  really answer but will continue to mull over.

Laura would love visitors, if you are inclined. She's being a trooper so far, but being immobile is going to be tough over time. The wrist cast will come off in about three weeks. The leg cast will get shortened in about a month, then she should be able to get around on normal crutches.