The Adventures of A&W

Well, today was not the day I expected. Went up to Portland to go to a bouncy house play place, then to a homeschool curriculum store, then lunch with a friend I haven't seen in months. Instead, spent the afternoon in the ER. By some fluke, W got bounced over a wall and went face first 5-6' down to the floor, then flipped backward on her neck.

The doctor told us we dodged a bullet - she had a little bloody nose, scrapes, a sprained wrist and elbow and possible slight concussion. He said an adult would have been in ICU, and that God blessed children with bodies that are loose enough to handle falls because he knew that stuff like this would happen.

It was just really bad timing, some bigger kids (four 5-6 yos) were bouncing (and they weren't being crazy or anything) and she tried to bounce too. They must have managed to double bounce her and she was so light she just went up and over.

She landed right on the very edge of the black mat in the front. Thank God she hit the mat, might have been a very different story.
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Update today - she is doing well (mostly annoyed that I keep loving on her so much). She scared people at Classical Conversations because she's out there trying to climb the big play structure with her wrist wrap. This child has no fear, and common sense hasn't developed yet. She has been complaining about her arm hurting, so we will see if we need to have something else done about that if it doesn't get better.

She also keeps saying, "boys should learn to be more careful with little girls." To which I reply, "little girls shouldn't try to hang with the big boys."
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Another update:
She woke up from her nap on Wednesday complaining that she was going to fall down and her head wouldn't stop moving inside. Another trip to the dr, and now they can officially say she has a concussion. 2 days of cognitive rest and week with no activities where there is the slightest possibility she could bonk her head.