May 19, 2011. Jackson, Mississippi. Broken Bones.

Sarah is thirteen and was looking forward to a summer of activity.   Six weeks of the swim team first, followed by camp, with her focus on Volleyball.  The rest of the summer to be spent at the lake, swimming, water skiing and kayaking.  But no more.

She fell and broke her right arm, both bones of her forearm.   The arm was set by surgery, but did not require pins, even though her arm was in a very peculiar angle.  By manipulation and x rays, her arm is in the correct alignment.  Now she must be still for a few days, until she gets a hard cast, which she will keep for eight weeks, to be followed by four weeks of a light cast.  The forearm is tricky as the bones rotate as you turn the wrist, and she is growing, so they want to be sure that her bones are well healed.  So no water sports for Sarah in the summer of 2011.

It could have been worse.  A broken bone would have been more cumbersome, or she could have hit her head on the rock that tripped her up.  Now she will find a bit of gold through out this summer.  She has started out on the right way, suggesting to her Mother that she would become much better with her left hand dribbling.  I am sure she will find other things too.