So the weekend of our August date night, Malia had an accident. The Sunday following our date night, we picked up the kids and Malia was inconsolable. She didn’t want anyone but me and was hysterically crying. When I asked my mom what happened she said that they went down the slide together, and that when she put Malia back in the stroller, she started screaming bloody murder. At the time, my mom thought she was stung by a bee or teething, so she dismissed it, but Malia did not. That afternoon, we went to a BBQ at my friend Jenny’s house and Malia was just not herself. She had just finally started walking, but refused to do so at the BBQ. When we got home, she was still just not herself, cried herself to sleep and was up every 2 hours crying. Finally, at midnight I brought her into our room and lay her down to inspect her. That’s when I noticed she wasn’t moving her right leg. I immediately text my mom and gave Malia some advil – I figured she had a sprained ankle.
My mom text back and indicated that when she and Malia were going down the slide (Malia on my mom’s lap), Malia’s foot got caught underneath my mom as they were going down the slide. Ouch!
I made the first appointment with the pediatrician that I could – 9am. After going to our pediatrician, then across the street to Evergreen to get x-rays, then back to the pediatrician it was clear – Malia had a broken leg. She would need a cast for a month.
When I called my mom to tell her, she was just devastated. Shane was devastated, I was devastated and Malia was happy as a clam.
After Shane got off of work, we headed to the Federal Way Children’s Hospital to get the cast put on. Luckily, (with the help of snacks) Malia did great. We were told to NOT get her cast wet at all and we agreed…..
Of course, it just so happened to be the weekend before our 100+ degrees trip to Kennewick and 3 weeks before our trip to Lake Chelan. It sucked, but Malia pushed through and only got pissy a few times.
Note to all moms, grandmas, babysitters, and anyone else that takes care of kids – DO NOT GO DOWN A SLIDE WITH A CHILD ON YOUR LAP. Apparently, it is very common that kids break their legs doing this. You are the adult; if the kid can’t go down the slide by themselves, they shouldn’t be going down the slide. Learn from my example…..
X-Ray time 
At Children's Hospital for the casting 
Pink was a great choice, she was happy.
Last photo with the cast. The thing got gross. 
1 hour post cast and bathed. She is pointing at her leg like,
“Don’t ever let this happen again….got me?”
3 comments:
Oh, poor baby! That is so sad! And a great word of caution. I had never even thought that taking my babies down the slide could be dangerous. Glad she is all better now. That last pictures is too funny!
Her expression in that last photo is too good!
Oh my goodness Brianne, I'm a mixed bag of emotions....so sad when I first saw her leg with no explanation, and then when I read the "Malia's Leg" post I was cracking up! She is absolutely adorable, and honestly reminds me SO much of Natalee. I removed everyone except family from Facebook months ago so you haven't seen Natalee lately, but our girls look SO much alike, and have matching smiles! (just friend-ed you!) I hope you are doing great!
Serena
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