sad girl :-(

Yesterday Clara dislocated her elbow playing at recess. She has had a tendency to do this since she was little. We honestly thought she was outgrowing it... but I guess not (and given this episode, I think it has happened other times recently, but popped back in on it's own). Her friend and her were playing and her friend swung her around by the arm. That's all it took. She couldn't move it at all when I picked her up from school. I started making calls and canceled her afternoon appointment and lessons... then Jeff took us to the ER. She was in pain, but it was manageable... unless you tried to move her arm, then the tears really started to flow. Just to rule out a fracture, we were sent to x-ray... in the process of positioning her for the x-rays, her elbow popped back into joint. It still hurt, but she was able to move it again. We hung around a while longer while they looked at the x-rays to confirm that there were no fractures... and then we were free to go (about 2.5 hours total time in ER and Urgent Care). Thankfully, one of our good friends had stopped by on his way home from work to check on Clara and he gave us a ride home (Jeff had taken Alex to swim). As an added bonus... she has today and tomorrow off from school, so she's lounging around in her pj's, taking it easy and letting her arm heal!