I woke up Monday morning with Dad and was delighted to learn about my new schedule. On Mondays I get to hangout all day with Aunt Claire! And as an added bonus, two two of us get to go to cooking class. Normally you’d think cooking requires two hands — but not for me. We had a fun time making a Very Berry Cherry Salad. Yum!
We also spent some quality time playing (being careful not to fall on my hand!) and having a yummy lunch before nap time. My hand is still pretty swollen but I’m definitely getting used to the splint. After my nap I played with A/C until Dad got home and got me dinner and ready for bed.
Tuesday was another surprise! More of waking up with Dad and then hanging out with Aunt Claire after he left for work. We went to music class (Wiggleworms!). It was fun, but we didn’t realliy care for the teacher. Maybe I’ll switch to another class session and hope for a better teacher. When we got home, Nana was here with lunch ready for me. I ate and had lunch and then had a fun time playing with Nana until dinner time.
Wednesday’s schedule included another full day with Aunt Claire. Dad got me up and then I went to the top of the stairs and yelled down to Claire: “Aunt Claire, where are you?!” I played and helped Aunt Claire get ready downstairs and then went to another session of cooking class. This time we made tebouleh! Not quite as good as Nana’s, but still yummy! I sampled each and every ingrediated that came by, so I had to watch my hands a bunch. We came back home and played in the living room and had an early lunch at 11 so we could leave for the hospital at 11:30, where we met Daddy. I had to get another x-Ray and have my hand examined. The bad news is that it looks like I have three broken bones and possible damage to the growth plate on my middle finger.
I got a purple cast and did a great job. I’m so glad to be rid of my dinosaur blanket! We gothome and read two books and then went to sleep for a very long nap. When I got up, A/C celebrated my new cast with a trip to get ice cream! There was a tornado watch so we ran downstairs and hid. We called Aunt Sarah, so it turned out to be fun.
On Thursday I woke up not feeling great, but I had a good morning with Julie nonetheless. I was supposed to go to soccer practice, but my cast made that a bad idea. Nana came over for the afternoon.
Friday was a terrible day. The morning was fine with Julie, but I kept feeling worse and worse. Around 3:00, Aunt Claire, Mom, Dad, and I got in the car and headed down to Dow. About half-way there, I started running a really bad fever. We stopped by a Subway and got a huge cup of ice water to dip towels in. We got to Grandma and Grandpa Droste’s and I just went to sleep.
Saturday was even worse. I ended up having to go to the Emergency Room, where I was diagnosed with a virus — meaning I couldn’t get any medicine! But I did get a purple popsicle! Sunday was pretty much more of the same. A lot of sleeping, tylenol, and motrin. Between my cast and my virus, I was a pretty pathetic site:
Last year I was heading back to school!
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