Update

So you may have heard that we had a little incident recently. Delilah woke up screaming one morning at 2am. I knew that she had a fresh blister on her finger, but couldn't imagine that this was the boo-boo that she was screaming about. I took her into my room and let her sleep on my chest that night. She continued to wake and whimper through the night. In the morning, I was able to detect that the boo-boo was not her finger. She winced when I picked her up, she cried when I carried her or moved her, but couldn't tell me any more. I was afraid that she'd bruised her ribcage. We traveled to visit marmy and papa and Aunt Minda where she remained cautious and favoring her left side. In the afternoon, she finally told me that her boo-boo was on her shoulder, but I couldn't see it. I called our wonderful pediatrician who talked me through a possible dislocated elbow...I was really thinking that she had a dislocated shoulder, but the doctor said that really couldn't be it as that's a football injury. So we agreed to meet with her on Sunday morning! When she did see Delilah, she determined that it was probably a broken collarbone, but we'd have to get it confirmed with an x-ray at orthopedics!

In the meantime, to make Delilah comfortable, I created a make-shift sling which she miraculously kept on. I imagine that her pain was lessened with it, so there was no argument. Before bedtime, this girlie was coloring and moving this arm around..so I felt confident that she was doing better.

So on Monday, it was indeed confirmed that she has a broken collarbone. I wasn't happy with our visit for a few reasons. Delilah wasn't happy in this strange place, so that made me feel badly. Addison didn't like being separated as she and daddy had to wait while Delilah and I went in for the x-rays. Then Delilah had to lie on a bed while a big machine took pictures. The tech was so nice, but she just couldn't soothe Delilah. Then when we finally went to meet with the Ortho PA, we encountered some more unhappiness...on my part as well as Delilah. No, I do not know how Delilah broke her collarbone. These girls are always rough-housing, playing, falling, crying, screaming and laughing. Delilah has a high-tolerance for pain as well. Anyways, the PA wasn't happy with the fact that I didn't know...I just wanted to help my little baby, but I felt that I was being slightly interrogated about the circumstances. So when the PA gave us a sling for Delilah and she didn't want it at that moment, I didn't force it. She has been wearing it at home, but will also remove it so therefore I don't have any pics of her with it.