Keira is doing a lot better. She hasn't had any of her pain meds since Thursday and I just gave her Tylenol before she went to bed for the first time today. I feel so bad for her! She can't do anything that she used to.
It makes me wonder if everything Keira went through (Iv's, blood pressure cuff, nose oxygen, heart monitors (she does have a heart murmur), ambulance transport, Children's Hospital) in the 2 hospitals that she was at from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m is what everyone with a broken arm goes through. I talked to my little brother because my niece had a broken arm a couple months back and he said they went to the hospital, put on a cast and was sent on their way, maybe a minimum of 2 hours.
We take so much for granted in our daily lives. Some of us can walk fine, talk fine, and can have a normal life. But then there are others who can't and have to make accommodations to their everyday lives. Keira's accident has really made me think that we really can't take anything for granted ever again! She used to be able to get herself dressed, now she needs my help or dad's help to get her dressed. She is afraid of picking her cup up with one hand because she doesn't want to drop it. She cannot go to the bathroom by herself anymore without help getting onto the toilet, wiping, and pulling her pants up. She can't sleep in her own bed anymore because she can't use her other hand to grab onto the rails. She has to sleep in Aden's bed with him (Aden has a full size bed. Aden is at the head and Keira is at the foot of the bed). She has fallen so many times since she has gotten her cast just because she is off balance and when she does start to fall she cannot catch her self. Today (Monday) she was dancing around and tripped over the step stool and hit her head on my bed rail, luckily she is okay! She cannot get on or off of the couch by herself, I walked into the living room the other day and found Keira upside down on the couch because she was trying to get up by herself. She can't get up or down from her chair at the dinner table. She CAN unbuckle her self in her car seat and that makes her so proud!
People have tragedies in their lives, kids that can't walk or talk due to an accident or kids who have mental illnesses, or kids with cancer. This is our tragedy, we are just going to take it one day at a time!
Keira has her first weekly appointment at Children's in Omaha on Wednesday, May 4th. I will keep the updates coming.
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