Santa had brought the girls new bikes for Christmas. With the weather in northwest Ohio, bike riding just doesn't occur much before May. We figured what a perfect opportunity to get the girls riding on their new bikes this weekend while camping. Well, I am definitely not a bike master- my bike as described by Doug hails from Alice on the Brady Bunch! So, now we have decided, daddy should have explained the front braking mechanism better to Brynn. Add this to the scenario of lots of other biking kids, golf carts and slow moving vehicles and you have a recipe for disaster. I looked up just in time to see Brynn catapulting over the handlebars, landing facedown and seeing her bike travel over her entire body. Mommy mode is immediately replaced with doctor mode. Fast forward to this morning and I am pretty sure her left wrist is broken. Actually figured it might be last night, but her pain control was fine. So we ran back to Toledo and I got a quick xray which confirmed the fracture. Not a bad one, but not exactly a just splint and go about our day one either. So, down to the ER we went where two very nice orthopedic PA's came and proceeded to explain that her bone would have to be "pushed" back into place. Brynn's first IV with conscious sedation (gotta love those meds-only wish I could have had some so I didn't remember the entire procedure!!). So we are now splinted until casting next week. Four hours later we returned to our campsite and tried to salvage the day. Can you say waterproof cast!! Oh, and just for all those wondering.....Yes she had a helmet on!! unlike the majority of kids in this park.
