Our first day home from the hospital

Well, I think everyone has heard our drama but here is a recap. Reagan and I were discharged from the hospital on Saturday and got home around noon. Katya did well with the new baby being here although it was not the easiest afternoon. We had a house full with Doug, Sharon, and Alexi staying here and a visit from Allen, Eryn and Addison. We were glad to have the visitors but I think it was a bit much for Katya. She was getting upset really easily. Then the disaster: Craig was carrying Katya down stairs and slipped. They both went tumbling to the landing; Craig instinctively pulled Katya into him and managed to hang on to her. Of course she was super scared and upset, as was Craig and I (Reagan and I watched the whole thing from the top of the steps), but we did not realize rifht away that she was hurt. We went to change Katya's diaper and saw that her knee looked swollen. I felt her lower leg and it was swollen and hot. An urgent call to her pediatrician directed us to Emmanuel's ER were they have a pediatric specific ER. Just Craig and Katya went. It was really hard for me not to go and I wish I had but we were anxious to get her there and packing up both Katya and Reagan seemed daunting. Luckily they say Katya quickly and after X-rays Craig called me with the news of a fractured tibia. They put Katya in hard split wrapped in an ace and told us to follow up with a pediatric othro doc later in the week. Her appointment is on Thursday afternoon. It sounds like she will get a hard cast then, for the next 6 weeks.

We are managing okay so far. Poor Katya is, of course, having a rough time. She is so frustrated with being immobile. At times she gets really upset and hits her hurt leg. She has also pulled at the ace and said "off, off." We have her chair from the Smiths set up in living room with the cusion from the black chair in front of it. Then a pillow to prop her leg. She had been pretty good about keeping it elevated. There is A LOT of crying going on; a lot of whinning; and a lot of anger towards the situation. We are spending days watching movies, reading books, playing with lap toys and walks in the stroller. It is so heart breaking for Craig and I but we are hanging in there. I will do a seperate post about Reagan.