Braces
Ainsley got braces a couple weeks ago. A few people have asked me why she even needs them because her teeth are already straight. It's true, they are pretty straight, but there is some correction that needs to happen. The good news is that she will only need them for 12 to 15 months. Lucky her! I spent much of my childhood in some sort of orthodontia - definitely worth it though!
Basketball and a Broken Finger
Kaylee's basketball career was cut short last Friday when she broke her little finger in a scrimmage during practice. I wasn't there, but Chris said she just kept playing. He could tell something was wrong, but she wouldn't admit to anything. When they got home I took one look at it and knew it was broken, but I started second guessing myself because she wasn't complaining. We decided to wait until the next day to see how it looked. I took her in that afternoon, and sure enough it was broken. They splinted it and sent us home.
A couple days later her doctor (we'd seen an after hours doctor previously) called to tell me we needed to take her to an Orthopedist because her finger was broken on the growth plate. The Orthopedist determined she didn't need surgery (thank goodness) but wanted to either cast it or create a custom splint. It was her choice. She did not want a cast. The cast would have immobilized all of the fingers on her left hand, and it would have gone up to her elbow - all for one little pinkie finger! After promising to only take the splint off for bathing she came home with this . . .
The woman who made the splint told us we should buy and cut up some socks for her to wear under it, so of course we had to find matching socks. She is so much happier with her hot pink and purple splint than the sharp scratchy one she had before, and this one fits her personality!
1 comment:
Fun fun fun! What a tough girl! I recently took Ben to the orthodontist since his front teeth are pretty crowded. He has 12 (well, 11 now) more baby teeth to loose before getting braces!
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