This has been a really stressful week :(
So last Sunday, just as we were about to head out of home for brunch, our little munchkin tripped and fell on her right hand...There was of course the usual level of fussiness that generally follows a fall or 'boo boo', but we had no reason to suspect anything out of the ordinary...No big howls or cries that would make us suspect that something was terribly wrong...With an active toddler in the house, falls and bumps are of course not alien, generally all that is needed is a bit of additional TLC to distract little Raya...and everything about the 'boo boo' is generally forgotten soon enough...So this time around too, we just responded to her "Mamma ...hand ...boo boo"..."Baba...hand...boo boo" ...the way we handle other 'boo boos'...with TLC...
She took a good afternoon nap...in the evening,she was fussier though...we were hanging out with some of our friends when we observed that she was very reluctant to use her right hand...though she was intermittently playing around , she definitely was not her usual bubbly self...
Next day...a trip to the pediatrician...and an xray later...our little Raya was diagnosed with a right wrist fracture :(
She now has a full arm splint...which she needs to keep on for a couple of more weeks...the orthopedist said that a cast would be too heavy and uncomfortable and scary for her(specially the removal process)...the pain seems to have gone away though, for now...touch wood...she is playing around and going about her daily activities as usual...gets annoyed once in a while when she wants to use her right hand to do something, but she is unable to due to the splint...my little baby is figuring it out though...how to live with a splint...:(
She is so tiny...it's so upsetting and stressful to see her weighed down by that huge splint on her right arm :(..even though she herself seems to be taking it in her stride for now and doesn't seem too bothered...
So yesterday, on our way to the orthopedist, I repeatedly kept telling Raya..."Raya the doctor will check your hand and fix it...so please don't cry ok!!"
When DD came back from work in the evening, she ran to him, pointed to her splint and said,"Baba...baba...cocto..ficit..boo boo...hand"..."Baba...baba..cocto..ficit...boo boo..hand" .(In non baby talk, that would read..."Baba...baba..doctor...fixit...boo boo...hand!")...I, for one, felt choked in tears...
Yes...my little trooper...in another two weeks...hopefully everything's gonna be fine...fingers crossed...it's gonna to be the longest ever two week period though!!
So last Sunday, just as we were about to head out of home for brunch, our little munchkin tripped and fell on her right hand...There was of course the usual level of fussiness that generally follows a fall or 'boo boo', but we had no reason to suspect anything out of the ordinary...No big howls or cries that would make us suspect that something was terribly wrong...With an active toddler in the house, falls and bumps are of course not alien, generally all that is needed is a bit of additional TLC to distract little Raya...and everything about the 'boo boo' is generally forgotten soon enough...So this time around too, we just responded to her "Mamma ...hand ...boo boo"..."Baba...hand...boo boo" ...the way we handle other 'boo boos'...with TLC...
She took a good afternoon nap...in the evening,she was fussier though...we were hanging out with some of our friends when we observed that she was very reluctant to use her right hand...though she was intermittently playing around , she definitely was not her usual bubbly self...
Next day...a trip to the pediatrician...and an xray later...our little Raya was diagnosed with a right wrist fracture :(
She now has a full arm splint...which she needs to keep on for a couple of more weeks...the orthopedist said that a cast would be too heavy and uncomfortable and scary for her(specially the removal process)...the pain seems to have gone away though, for now...touch wood...she is playing around and going about her daily activities as usual...gets annoyed once in a while when she wants to use her right hand to do something, but she is unable to due to the splint...my little baby is figuring it out though...how to live with a splint...:(
She is so tiny...it's so upsetting and stressful to see her weighed down by that huge splint on her right arm :(..even though she herself seems to be taking it in her stride for now and doesn't seem too bothered...
So yesterday, on our way to the orthopedist, I repeatedly kept telling Raya..."Raya the doctor will check your hand and fix it...so please don't cry ok!!"
When DD came back from work in the evening, she ran to him, pointed to her splint and said,"Baba...baba...cocto..ficit..boo boo...hand"..."Baba...baba..cocto..ficit...boo boo..hand" .(In non baby talk, that would read..."Baba...baba..doctor...fixit...boo boo...hand!")...I, for one, felt choked in tears...
Yes...my little trooper...in another two weeks...hopefully everything's gonna be fine...fingers crossed...it's gonna to be the longest ever two week period though!!
