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Kaylea slept great last night.  She didn't go to sleep until 1am, but I only had to get up with her once and she wasn't complaining of pain.  The ony thing I noticed was that she was in the same spot she started in.  That is unusual for this girl.  She is usually all over the bed.  I thought she was ok, but then she didn't want to get out of bed and said her neck still hurt.  We tried and tried to get her up.  We finally got her to sit up, but she wouldn't raise her arm above her head.  That's when I started to worry.  Jordy and I decided to take her to the emergency room just to be safe.

She was a trooper.  We were there for over four hours and she did not complain at all.  Now, she did not want to go to the hospital.  She kept saying she didn't like shots and didn't want to get a shot.  I think we finally convinced here that there should not be any shots involved.  We noticed she was using her arm a lot more and not complaining so I was starting to think she was just fine. 

We finally got called back to a room (after playing a lot of iPad apps and watching Barney).  We got back to the room and waited more.  The nurse said nothing seemed out of place and the doctor said the same, but thought they should send her for x-rays.  So, we waited longer...and then we went to see the x-ray tech.

Kaylea was so brave. She didn't know what was going to happen and she was nervous, but she didn't cry.  She got 6 stickers (one for each picture).  We went back to our room to...you guessed it...WAIT!  This time it wasn't too long before the doctor came in and told us that she had indeed fractured her collarbone.  It was slight and should heal quickly and on it's own, but we needed to keep her as inactive as possible for now.  Kaylea wasn't phased until he said they were going to put her in a sling.  She started crying.  She didn't want to wear it.  She didn't think she could wear it and still play.  She said, "this blue thing breaks my heart."  And let me tell you - that little girl was breaking our heart.

What a day!  Not at all how we planned to spend it.  It is terrible to watch your child in pain.  The smiles in  between the pain and tears were comforting and knowing that this is something that will heal made it so much better, but Jordy & I were both emotionally drained after today.  Please pray that our sweet girl has a speedy recovery.  We were signed up for swimming class, which I now have to postpone and I am going to have to take her out of karate, which is her favorite.  It's going to be a rough couple of weeks.