Wow, you know, life around here is never boring.

My oldest daughter Amy had elbow surgery last Thursday. She's been in a lot of pain since then but controlling it fairly well with her meds.

Tonight, I had just snuggled into bed and started a movie and I hear this god awful thumping and her screaming as she is falling down the stairs.

My heart nearly burst through my chest and I ran to the stairs to see her sitting on the bottom step with her head in her hands crying. I ran down the stairs and put my arms around her asking her where it hurt, if she could move, how she fell (tumbling head over heals or on her bum).

She somehow lost her footing and landed on her right side (the right elbow had the surgery). As she slid and bounced her elbow kept hitting each stair she went down (all of them - 13 to be exact). I was able to get her up and to the couch where she sat for about 15 minutes, checking herself out to make sure there were no broken bones.

We decided it best to head to the ER just in case there was any damage to the surgical site. As ERs usually go, there is always a long wait and frustrating wait. The next thing we see is her surgeon walking through the door (about 1 hour into our wait). The poor guy looked like he just woke up

Dr. Casey got Amy's chart and called her right in. He took off all the bandages and the splint. There was already a nasty bruise on Amy's elbow, but luckily, he saw no damage to the surgical site. He was very scared for Amy he told us and I think he was preparing to do emergency surgery. Thank goodness that was not the case and we all left to head home.

Amy also has some bruising on her right thigh and a rug burn around her ankle, but I think she will be ok. I'm sure in the morning she'll be stiff and sore....at least she's got pain killers from surgery to help her through!

It's now 1am and I have to be up in 5.5 hours for work. So I'm off to dream land. Night Night everyone....

sabby