broke

you can get her down 

but can't keep her down

after spending 5 hours in the woods

climbing trees, building forts, having adventures

a broken, scratched, tearful, grass stained, leaf covered girl

met me at the back door

gingerly holding an obviously broken arm.

a trip to the local children's hospital 

lasted..get this...almost 10 hrs.

no. i. am. not. kidding.

we had to wait long enough past

the last time we ate (5 ish hrs)

then thru shift change

emergencies

wkend chaos

etc

etc

THEN the docs

re-set or reduced

her break

and 

we waited some more.

note to self:

only break bones during business hours

and on an empty stomach.

thankful for an amazing hospital

these days i don't take things like that for granted

thankful we left that place with only a cast 

and the promise of complete healing.

yep. this adds some chaos to our journey.

but we are praising God that only an arm was broken

falls from high atop a tree 

could be so much worse.

be prepared to sign this cast 

and her "real" one she gets next

she takes autographing seriously