Nikki's Accident

On Saturday evening, we were enjoying a lovely summer evening in the park with my family. The Aman's were all in town for a reunion.

As things were winding down about 8:30, Nikki was in the playground with all the kid cousins. She piled on the merry-go-round, and one of the adults was spinning them around. She fell off, because she lost her grip, and fell on her back. She started wailing, and her daddy tried to access the damage. She didn't want to move her left arm and didn't like it touched. We got in the car, and took her to the ER.

After having an x-ray done, we were told that she broke her arm. It is the humerus bone, right at the base of the humeral head.
It is a complete fracture, and the bone is shifted slightly to the outside of her arm.
She is not in a lot of pain except when her medicine wears off, she complains about her her lower arm hurting the most.

Because of the location of the fracture, they cannot cast it. So she has her arm in a sling and then it is bound to her chest with an ACE bandage.

We have an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon in the morning, to determine what will be done from here.
For those of you who have asked, no it is not the same arm that she broke 1 1/2 years ago. It was her right wrist that time! She is our monkey, and has had the most accidents so far.....but we still love her and think we will keep her! (SMILE)

Last night, as I was helping her to bed, she said, "Mommy, I wish that I could go back to tomorrow, and not get on that Merry-Go-Round!"