Friday night was my family Christmas party. It was at a church on 12600 and Red Wood road. Aliesha and Kenzie were having so much fun with all their cousins. All of the kids went up on the stage and they were playing with each other. Someone closed the curtains so I walked up to the stage with my sister and was playing with Kenzie under the curtain. I turned around and next thing you know Kenzie went right off the edge. She fell on her right side head/Shoulder first. My sister picked her up and gave her to me I instantly went to my Aunt who is a nurse and she was looking at her eyes and feeling for bumps or signs of head trauma. Greg then took her into the kitchen I gave her some Tylenol. As Greg was holding her we noticed she really wasn't moving her right arm. So we carefully took her shirt off to see if her shoulder was dislocated. Then we wanted to see if there was any bruising or swelling on her arm. She kept saying Owie Owie and grabbing her shoulder. So we decided it was best to go to the hospital. As we were about to leave someone asked if we wanted to give her a blessing we said yes. Greg didn't have any oil, my dad's oil key chain thing leaked out all his oil. and no one else had any oil. Well jeez we are in an LDS Church, you would think they'd have some. lol. So off we went to the Riverton Hospital with no blessing a hurt baby, and shaken up parents. This is our first big traumatic fall/injury that has happened to one of our kids. We go to the hospital and the doctors were very helpful and fast. As we were waiting My brother-in-law and Uncle came in with oil and gave her a blessing. Right after that the doctor came. We checked her vitals, all were fine. Then we went into a room waited about one min and the doc. came in and was looking at her head some more. Everything checked out fine. Then she checked her shoulder and every time we would touch it she would cry and say owie. So they sent us to get X-Rays. Two X-Rays of her shoulder, and two of her ribs (We took rib X-Rays cause as we laid her on the table she kept reaching to her back and saying Owie, so we just wanted to make sure nothing was wrong there too.) We went back to the room where the doctor told us that she has a broken Clavicle. Since they can't cast her arm it has to be in a sling and wrapped close to her body with an ace bandage.
So this isn't her actual X-Ray, but this is almost exactly what hers looked like. The bone that is circled is a clavicle. It's supposed to be straight.
I feel so horrible! I was standing right there playing with her and I turned away for one second and this happens! I wish I could have been responsible and just not have even let them play up on the stage. It's one of those moments you wish you could rewind and do over. I feel so guilty. :( My poor baby is hurt and I wish I could take her pain away from her.
Even though she's hurt and has a broken bone she's still happy and still wants to run around and play. The bad part is is her right arm is her dominate arm so she's not used to using her Left hand as much.
I love my baby girl and I hope she will never have to go through this pain again!
She has to wear the sling for 4-6 weeks.
Kenzie's first broken bone. December 9, 2011 (One week away from her 2nd birthday)
Hope she can open presents with one hand.
