Monthly Archives: June 2009

We are back from the specialist office. Kimberly’s bone has already begun to heal and new bone has started growing already. They say she can stop wearing her sling after July 4th and that we go back in 3 weeks for (probably final) X-Rays. At that point (which will be 5.5 weeks from her fall) she should be healed as much as she was 6 weeks ago today. I hope that all this makes sense. I have been trying scan the X-Rays but have been having difficulty. The attached image is a very rude copy. Since I am not being able to scan the X-Ray as I’d like, I photo-shopped it up a bit. The original bones are still above one another however the white circle is new bone growth. I “drew” lines pointing it out. They say it is healing quite nicely and that she will have a knot on her collarbone that should smooth out in time. Thank you again for all your prayers. We will definitely keep everyone posted.

We have another appointment with the specialist for Kimberly tomorrow. They are going to new X-Rays to see how the collarbone is healing. Please keep us in your prayers. Thank you. I will post again after the appointment with the update.

Well, we went to the specialist office today and it went well enough. Kimberly was a little scared when the PA came in and she started to cry.

The PA said it would heal on it’s own – no surgery. They do not do surgery on anyone under the age of 6 or over the age of 60. He switched her harness for a sling to keep her arm immobile – although we are using both for bedtime tonight to help.

At this point, baths are okay but swimming is out – not even a wading pool allowed because she would not be able to balance. It is early enough in the summer that we should be able to get some swimming in before the weather turns cold.

We go back in 2 weeks for more X-Rays and to see how things are healing. I will post as things come up.

Well, this weekend was quite eventful. Kimberly and I were folding laundry in the family room last night while Dustin and Caleb were downstairs getting dinner ready. When dinner was ready, Dustin called for us to come down. Kimberly got excited and ran to the door, which was shut with the safety knob on. She grabbed the knob and lifted herself up, trying to open it. When that happened, it came apart and she fell to the ground on her shoulder. We took her to the ER afterward and they took X Rays. She broke her collarbone.

This has been very hard to watch her suffer – although she is quite a trooper. They put her in a sling/harness to help and we go to a bone specialist this week. Please keep her in your prayers for a speedy recovery. They say that it takes 6-8 weeks to heal but that it will probably be sooner because she is so young. I will write more as she progresses.

On a better note, Caleb took his first step on Friday.