Lulu's New Fashion Accessory

Lulu had a boo boo.  She fell at the park and fractured her ankle.  She was running with some new-found friends and fell down.  She didn't cry or complain.  She came over to me and calmly told me she fell and that her ankle hurt and she wanted to go home.

It didn't swell or bruise immediately, or for several days afterwards.  We iced and elevated it.  We gave her Advil.  She continued to play normally each day.  Actually she only mentioned it again when going up the stairs. But a few days later it started to swell, so we went to the pediatrician and got some x-rays taken, thinking it was a sprain.

The x-rays showed a fracture in one of the growth plates on the outside of her ankle.  Sooooo Little Miss Lulu got to pick out what color cast she wanted... HOT PINK BABY!

Her little piggies are all sticking out now. We went home and painted them hot pink to match the cast. 

She broke the ankle of the foot that doesn't require her prosthesis.  I don't know how we would have managed it if she had broken the other ankle.

Did having a cast on one foot and a prosthesis on the other foot stop her from outrunning me down the slick and shiney hallway at the hospital?  Nope. 

All smiles leaving the hospital.  That's amazing!  She is such an inspiration to me.


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