Well That's Not Good!

(Posted by Trista's husband, in a lame attempt to help Trista out in any way possible)

So, the tiny rain cloud that has been hanging out over Trista's head the last couple of months continues to follow her. This time it decided to lob a little lightning bolt at her when she was leaving the Children's Museum. Who would have known that giving our daughter a piggy-back ride could be so dangerous? But it was over before it had really started. Trista tried to stand up too quickly, didn't have her balance, and stumbled backwards. Abby and Trista tumbled onto the sidewalk on their backs.

Yikes! (or "Ikes!" as Abby would say).

Abby was pretty shaken up about the experience and was crying. Trista was not crying, but she was the one who was really in pain. She came down on her left hand pretty hard, and moving it was not a good experience. Within the next couple of moments, she had to sit down a few times to keep from passing out, and she turned a few sad shades of greenish-white.

Abby and Ethan went home with my mom and dad while Trista and I went to the med center. It never really fills you with confidence when the doctor says something like, "This is where it really hurts, right? Well that's not good!"

After x-rays of her wrist, they are considering it a bad sprain for now... but they also noted that the place where she had pain is a very small bone, and a fracture might not really show up until the swelling goes down. If she's still in lots of pain at the end of the week, they'll just have to take another x-ray. (The "nice" doctor also noted that "Yeah, if that bone is broken it will not heal easily. I guess honesty is a good thing).

So, for a week, Trista has the challenge of trying to take care of two crazy toddlers by herself, with one hand tied behind her back... er... in front of her stomach... or something. You get the idea.

Feel free to send well-wishes and encouragement. I'm sure she can use it! She can read her blog posts and email, but might not do a whole lot of responding at this point. Also, if you know any way of driving away annoying little rain-clouds and bad luck, please share!