Well, Taylor has made it this far without getting a big injury playing basketball... but that time came to an end in mid-April. She was playing a game, playing defense, and the girl with the ball was dribbling and shoved her down. It should've been a foul (the refs actually called a foul on Taylor!!) (these refs were horrible) but it didn't end up mattering... regardless, Taylor's wrist was definitely broken.
Off to CHOA we went. After waiting a little while and finally going back, they x-rayed her wrist. Her bones were displaced, definitely broken, and her growth plate was fractured. Luckily, the displacement was a "medium" level and could be re-set without surgery.
The docs told us that evening was "break a bone day", because there were about 8 kids in front of Taylor waiting to have their bones set. They had to put her to sleep, because the doc said they needed her to be calm so he could make sure the bones are lined up perfectly. He said this would be super painful, so putting her to sleep would be the best option.
The setting of the bones was quick, and, oh... Taylor coming out of anesthesia is HILARIOUS. We have some great videos! ;)
She was casted and we were finally able to leave (9 hours later) after midnight.
The doc said she'd probably be in the cast for 8-10 weeks which meant, yes... no basketball. Such a bummer.
I have to say that Taylor has an amazing group of people- both kids and adults- around her in her life. I wanted to document some of the sweet things people did!
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