ouch, but all smiles!

so.............the story goes: sky went skiing for the first time this
year with her good friend, isabel (and isabel's dad, mark). about
1:00 we got a call from mark saying skylar thinks she broke her
leg. my first reaction: ya right! she's fine, just being a little
dramatic. well, it was pretty obvious we had to head up to
solitude to get her, so we got on our way. meanwhile, ski patrol
came and strapped her into a toboggan and pulled her down the
mountain to the first-aid station..........................................

after several phone calls, we convinced them to not take her
down the canyon in an ambulance, they boxed up her leg and
we were able to have mark bring her down the canyon (canyon
closed, no cars going up).........................................................

we met mark at the mouth of big cottonwood canyon and sky
was all smiles. no way was her leg broken! she winced a little
when joe put her in the car but other than that, no problem....

.....................until she had to go potty and could not hold it
any longer! so, we pulled over in lehi and carried her into a
convenience store. this was not easy as joe couldn't go into the
girls restroom so i had to carry her into the stall and help her
with all that fun stuff while not looking (she's 12!)..................

we finally got to a.f. hospital where mike had called ahead for us
and gotten us right into the x-ray. i'm still thinking: there's no
way, she's not in enough pain. we were able to go into the
x-ray tech's room to see the image pop up on her computer.
it was as plain as day: broken. i gave sky the thumbs down
sign and then covered my face because i was going to cry. i
said i wasn't feeling well (didn't want to cry in front of the tech,
especially when sky is all smiles) so she directed me to the
bathroom where i let out a good cry (what a baby, just soooooo
frustrating!)............................................................................


we carried her into the e.r. where mike had somone waiting for
us (what service!). here she is with her cut ski pants and the
box protecting her leg, not so smiley anymore........................


it was no fun taking off her cut ski pants and the box cast,
now she'll get it wrapped again for a few days until the
swelling goes down...........................................................


this was her spot for 4 days. she was the queen and i was the
servant. she got tons of treats and games and crafts from
family & friends. she finally did break down and cry the next
morning when she realized how stuck she was for 8 long weeks.

thanks to all of you for helping the time pass more quickly.
(pictures of her blue cast filled with signatures are lost on my
computer somewhere), ugh.....................................................