E's First Broken Bone

Jay and I had a nice dinner planned for our anniversary last night, but our little lady apparently had other plans. We took Ellison in to urgent care because something did not seem right with her right arm/shoulder. She cried whenever I picked her up all day and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Everything looked normal and she was fine as long as I wasn't touching that arm. She sat great in a shopping cart for me while I ran errands and was smiling at strangers all along the way. Once Jay got home from work, he started investigating her movement a little more closely with his PT brain. She would reach with both arms to get toys but seemed much less interested in moving than usual. When she reached for a toy with her right arm and then started crying and screaming, we knew it was time to call the doctor. He seemed to think it was worth bringing her in to urgent care. On the way there she was all smiles so we were definitely second guessing whether we should be taking her in!

It was a slow night at urgent care and when we got there, there were no other patients. I felt like we were celebrities, with the whole place to ourselves like that! The doctor determined that it seemed to be Ellison's collarbone area that was bothering her, so they sent us down for x-rays. Ells was an X-ray rock star! I see a lot of x-rays done on babies at work and they never seem to stay still, but Ellison did. What an angel!!! Then we headed back upstairs to wait for the results.

About 2 minutes later the doctor came out and said she was going to pull up the scans, but radiology had told her that there was a clavicle fracture. Despite all of her odd behavior, we were surprised to find out that our little baby was indeed broken! Definitely glad we decided to take her in and have her looked at. It is not a real bad break, it is a crack on one of the curves of the bone. There isn't a whole lot we need to do, basically it just needs time (and Advil) to heal. She has been a bit more stationary than usual today so I think she is limiting her own activity without us really needing to do much for her. I don't want to put her in a sling and totally immobilize her but we do have an Ace wrap to put around her shoulders if she needs it. So far she seems ok without it!

Ellison with her figure 8 wrap

Other than that, Ells is getting 4 teeth right now so she has been a little cranky because of that as well. Advil is her best friend this week!!!