Amelia

  Well on MLK day 2023 Amelia broke her tibia and fibula bones skiing at White Pass. From what I have been told by Dad, Amelia's crash looked like any other crash on the mountain. Amelia was tobogganed down the hill by the ski patrol. The ankle looked fine then so she sat in the lodge the rest of the day. She had to sit in the lodge because this was a Scout outing and they had gotten a ride with someone else. By the time she got home that night, around 8:00 pm, she was exhausted and in pain. 

I took her to Urgent Care the next morning where a quick x-ray confirmed that she did break some bones. We then went over to Tri-City Orthopedics to get a cast put on. She started with a hard splint to help with the swelling but went back a couple days later for a real cast. Her bone is a little bent in but the doctor is confident that it will straighten itself out as she grows. 

She will be in a hard cast for 6 weeks and then a walking boot for 2 more weeks. She has spent most of last week in bed with her leg up. The pain level has been pretty high all week, but she said it is getting better. 

On Monday she heads back to school, so we will see how she does. She has been out of the house twice since she broke it, for a couple hours at the most, and has come home to immediately take a 3-hour nap both times. Healing takes a lot of a person. 

Overall, she has handled the break like a trooper, and I am sure she will recover fully before we know it.