What an exciting weekend we just had. Soccer Saturday was full of its usual craziness, especially Shayli's game. Shayli was playing a big rival team and her team really wanted to win this one. Things looked really good when one of her teammates scored a goal within the first couple minutes of the game. A few minutes later, Shayli made an awesome move and got a breakaway to the goal. Just as she was getting ready to take the shot, some crazy girl came up from behind her and did an illegal slide tackle. They both went down and the girl went down right on Shay's right arm. This is what it looked like on the x-ray...
Both bones totally snapped. I've never seen quite a deformed arm before and it was quite gross. It even got more exciting when they called the ambulance. Shayli was so lucky because two of her friends that play with her have dads who are EMT's. They were both there and quickly got Shayli in a make shift splint. She then was driven away in the ambulance....sirens and all! Here she is with Bryan a dad of a boy in her class. So she was obviously in good hands the whole time.
When we got to the ER she was feeling pretty miserable. All she was worried about was letting down her team. She was hoping so bad that they won. She definitely has a look of pain on her face, but it's mostly waiting to hear how her team did. The final outcome was 9-0 for Shayli's team!! She was so happy and relaxed a little bit after she heard.
Well, to make matters worse, this happened the day before her 12th birthday. She was so excited to graduate from primary and go to YW. We still had a family dinner for her and she was all smiles. I think she was glad to have something else to think about other than her arm.
Monday morning took us to the orthopedic surgeon to get her all casted up. Well, to our dismay they never set her arm at the ER and so it was off to surgery early Tuesday morning. They had to rebreak it to set it right since it had already started to heal. We didn't know for sure if they were going to have to open her arm up because one of the breaks were so bad. It was very nerve racking, but Shayli stayed so strong. I got a picture of her right before they took her to the O.R. She was resting and I was so happy about that.
The good news.....They didn't have to open her arm up. YAY!! They ended up trying three time to set it right and they finally got it. I'm so glad she was knocked out. When she came out of it in recovery she was all smiles as you can see. She was so glad to have this part over with.
So, now she has a full arm cast for the next 3-4 weeks. Soccer is definitely out, as well as piano. She is bummed about piano, but VERY mad about soccer. She was telling me the other day that she hopes she doesn't run into the girl that did this. If she saw her that girl better run the other way. She'll probably have a smaller cast for 3-4 weeks also. So for about 6-8 weeks Shayli is going to be a lefty. It sucks so bad to have this happen, especially on her birthday, but I've learned what a tough little cookie she is. I've been really proud of how she's handled it. A few tears have been shed. Mostly because she really wants to play, but we've promised to take her to all the games and to watch practice. She's such a die hard. Hope this never happens again. I don't think I could handle it! :) 
