We had given Emmy the option of picking an activity for her birthday or a place to eat. She loves going to Defy Gravity, the trampoline park, so that is what she picked. We paid and waited until it was our turn to jump. Abby and I stepped out on the same mat at the same time and she rolled her ankle. She was sobbing in pain. Robb picked her up and carried her to the chairs. by this time we had the attention of everyone in the place with all the crying. A worker came over to check on her and have us sign a sheet saying they weren't responsible for what happened. She then brought her and ice pack. I was thinking that it was just a little injury and that she would bounce back shortly. Her ankle started to swell and bruise immediately though and it looked like it was at an odd angle. I hadn't been able to get her to calm down and she was sobbing and shivering and shaking from the pain. Emmy was crying that she had hurt Abby by picking Defy Gravity. It was a mess. We made the decision that I would take Abby to the ER and Robb and the other kids went home.
We usually go to Bryan West ER. They are the trauma center so they don't let minor injuries just sit around usually. The waiting room was really full that night and I had to carry her in which was interesting. We sat in the waiting room with a bunch of coughing and hacking people and a couple police officers that had people in handcuffs in the waiting room. I was starting to regret coming to Bryan West! It is in a sketchy part of town and it is the only psych hospital too. I guess I felt differently about it when I had a 10 year old in the waiting room with me. At one point I needed to use the bathroom so I asked a mom that was there with her toddler if she would keep an eye on Abby. We swapped moms to watch our kids while we went to the bathroom. That is how sketchy the night was.
Her poor ankle was swollen and I was terrified that it was broken.
We hung out there for a really LONG time. They got xrays and didn't think that it was broken but with the swelling they said they couldn't completely rule out a hairline fracture. They sent us home with the instructions of having her walk with crutches until we saw Dr. David the next week. They didn't have any pediatric crutches though so it was interesting getting her out to the car. It hurt too bad to put any weight on.
Abby had remembered that one of her friends was on crutches last year so I text her mom to see if we could borrow them for a week. The poor girl had to use crutches for about 2.5 weeks until her ankle felt better. We followed up with Dr. David and he cleared her from having a fracture but he did say that she had a high ankle fracture which can hurt as much as breaking it. She wore a lace up brace for almost a month. Her ankle turned every shade of blue, purple and green over the next month. Poor girls! She was out of dance and volleyball for a couple weeks.
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