My first entry

On Thursday, July 31st I was getting back to work from lunch and got a phone call from Alyssa's daycare. The woman told me Alyssa had an accident and they think she broke her left arm. They had called the paramedics to come make sure she was okay and not going into shock or anything. I hurried there and saw her sitting there with the paramedics around her. She was crying of course and they had put a splint on it. She kept asking me to go home and I felt so bad for her because I knew it would be hours before we got to go home. Anyway, the paramedics told me it was for sure broken and she needed to go to the emergency room. I called Anibal and he came and picked us up. On the way to the hospital I was so upset that I lost my lunch, but it helped Alyssa stop crying for a minute! We got to the ER and it was packed! Luckily, the paramedics had called ahead and had them get a room ready for us. They took us to the room and started Alyssa's IV. I had to lie on the floor for that part because I really don't do well in stressful situations. After they got that done they gave her some morphine and turned on the cartoons for her. We waited for a bit and they did the xray. They found she had broken both bones right between her elbow and her wrist. She started to do a little better but was still in a lot of pain. The specialist finally got there and told me they would have to set it back into place and they would give her a little bit of anestesia to help her not remember it and to make her very drowsy. So they gave her the medicine and waited for a minute to make sure she was out of it. I waited outside and Anibal stayed with her. I could tell when they did it though because she started crying even though she was out of it. Then I started crying because I felt so terrible that I couldn't do anything. After that they put a splint on it and had us wait a little while to make sure she was okay and we finally got to come home! We came home and she ate a little bit and then fell asleep and slept all night. Friday and the weekend were really tough but by Monday she was doing much better. She got a bright pink cast on the 6th and will go back in on the 20th to get that one taken off and a new one put on. She's doing really well with it but I can't wait for her to have her arm back to normal. She starts Kindergarten next week!!! It's crazy how quickly they grow up...and how wonderful it is to watch.