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Most already know the story of the stair diving incident, but I’ve finally found the time to go ahead and get the pictures uploaded. For those that do not, here is a brief recap. The day before her 4th birthday, Delaney had a misstep on the stairs while going from upstairs to the main floor. She ended up falling down about four stairs, which given that she is a daredevil and falls all the time didn’t seem like it would have been a big deal, other then scaring her. Theresa was right there, scooped her up and tried to comfort her. We figured she was probably bruised and scared, but nothing major. Boy were we wrong. Theresa asked her if she was alright, which she responded that her arm hurt. Upon pulling her away to get a better look, tied with a collective gasp from Theresa, it didn’t take but a second to realize that everything wasn’t alright. She had clearly broken her arm, which was now doing its best attempt at imitating the letter S! We were dressed and to the hospital in 15 minutes.

She was an incredible trooper throughout the entire process, not even flinching when the nurse hooked up the IV. She was in a softcast, with splint, for two weeks, followed by a bright pink fiberglass cast for 3 weeks. Because she broke both bones in her left forearm, she had to have a full arm cast. Didn’t slow her down a bit. She was riding her four wheeler within a week, with her softcast, and took everything in stride. Amazing that she turned such an event into nothing more then a small inconvenience to her.

Time has past and her cast is now off. She still has a small area of one of the bones that hasn’t healed completely, thus she is still in a brace for another four weeks, but it is removable and not full arm. We were at the lake and swimming, in the “deep water”, within a day of getting it removed. Having a cast during the summer may be one of the cruelest punishments for a child that loves the water. Not that you’d wish for it to ever happen, but the day before her birthday, in the middle of the summer, is just bad timing.

You can view the set of pictures that we took during the span of her cast experience.

I also took a video of her getting the cast removed, just so she has something to remember the whole ordeal. We are still scared of the steps, but I suppose we can’t be there for every step she is going to take. We just hope that she slows down and uses more caution in the future.