I got a call Saturday afternoon that Maddy had fallen off a skateboard at her friend's house. David, myself & Charlotte drove over immediately to our friend's Tina & CJ's house to find Maddy VERY upset & in a LOT of pain. We decided it was best to head over to Children's ER & have them check her out. Thank goodness we did! Maddy broke her humerous bone. It's the bone in-between your elbow & shoulder. Ouch!!! When the looked at the x-ray they also discovered a cyst on her bone. This is where I really started to sweat & feel sick to my stomach. They could not confirm at that time if it was a tumor, just a benign cyst or anything for that matter. The ortho surgeon came in and thought it was best to do a CT scan & get a better look. Maddy got an IV & morphine(2doses) and they placed a temporary mold on her right arm. Then it was off to CT. She did great through all of it!! We were discharged without any CT scan results because it was not only a weekend but night time too. I got a call this afternoon from our pediatrician and she got the CT scan results. What Maddy has is a unicermal bone cyst( I think that is the correct spelling, I'm typing in bed & I am to lazy to go find my post it with the correct spelling!!. It's non cancerous and nothing to really worry about. It occurs in kids from ages 5-15 years old. There is a slight possibility Maddy would need to have it removed but that is up to the ortho surgeon. We have an appt for this Thursday with the surgeon to get Maddy's more permanent cast. She will have to wear it for 6-8 weeks. I believe Maddy is actually getting a splint instead of a cast because of where the broken bone is. Maddy slept great last night, thanks to the morphine & Norco. She was up & moving around today but still very very sore & tired. she's going to try & go to school in the morning but we will have to see how she feels. I don't think she will ever skateboard again!! ;)
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