Katie's eventful week

Katie had a bit of a rough week a while ago. She was getting her second loose tooth, and Dad convinced her to try one of his methods for yanking it out. Tie a long piece of floss around it and the other end to a remote control car, and go for it! After several hours of coaxing and playing with the truck, the tooth was still not out. Katie was a very careful driver. (ignore the mess in the background)

 

The tooth came out on its own a few days later.

Here is Katie on Nerd Day at school. Isn't she cute (even with a mouthful of chocolate Cheerios)?

 

That night she got to go to a special family activity: ICE SKATING! This was her first time ever and she had a great time. She was doing really well...until she tripped and Dad could stop fast enough and stepped on her hand. Oh dear! Richard scooped her up and rushed to the first aid station, where they quickly determined she would need stitches. So Richard and Katie drove to an Urgent Care, and the older girls got a ride home where I was with the younger kids. After they got home, I met Richard and Katie at Urgent Care. Here is her hand after it was washed up (you should thank me for not posting the bloody one).

 

Unfortunately, we learned not to go to an Urgent Care for anything urgent. They told us that she would need to see a hand specialist, but because they had given her pain medication, she would have to be transferred by ambulance. Richard gave her a priesthood blessing that promised her that her hand would be fine with minimal treatment necessary. Katie was a little nervous about the ambulance, but the stuffed animal they gave her really helped. Really, she was kinda silly from the pain meds and didn't really care about anything at all.

 

Once at Cardon Children's ER, and another 2 hour wait, the doctor looked at her hand and said it was most likely broken but would see what the x-rays showed before calling in the specialist. The x-rays came back normal! No broken bones. No ripped tendons. She just needed a few stitches in each finger. What a miracle! So, although we didn't get home till 4:30 am, we are grateful that this was little more than a mild inconvenience.
She has since had the stitches removed and is doing great!