oops...

This is what happens when a little girl experiments to see if she can do the monkey bars with her mittens on at recess.

The answer is, she can't.  The result?  A broken elbow.

I was out at recess at my own school today, since Tuesday is my teaching day, when I got a call from Rachel's school that she had just come in from her recess, having fallen off the monkey bars and was in considerable pain.  So I quickly arranged for someone to cover my remaining 45 minutes (I'm done at 1:00 PM) and left.  On the way I made a zillion phone calls.....my husband, making arrangements for Rebecca, the doctor's office (I didn't even know where to take her in this instance....the nurse said to go to the children's hospital urgent care, which didn't open until 3:00, so I didn't need to go  immediately), and so forth.  When I got to Rachel she had calmed down and was getting started on her homework  in the nurse's office.  But any little movement made her flinch in pain.  

I picked up Rebecca, took them home, put Rebecca down for her nap, gave Rachel some pain medicine, got her started on her homework, and resumed my phone calls.  When my husband got home Rachel and I left for the urgent care.  They took two X-rays and determined that it is an occult fracture just above the elbow.  This means the fracture doesn't show up for a couple of days, and it's like a hairline fracture.  They put her in a splint and we have to see an orthopedist in a few days to see if she needs a cast or what needs to happen next.  

Guess she won't be doing the monkey bars for awhile.  :(  I hope she wants to relearn how to do them and re-strengthen her arm once this is all over!