Friday, March 19, 2010

Kate's Arm

For the curious, here are the before and after x-rays of Kate's arm. The orthopedic surgeon used x-rays to determine where to position the pins, so they didn't have to make a big cut in her arm. She has some pretty good brusing on the arm now. You can see it if you peek down the cast, which is looking a little dingy already. White casts on one-year-olds are not the best idea. Today, she adorned it with a bit of ketchup.

This is the x-ray from the afternoon she broke the arm. You can see the break pretty clearly just above her elbow.

And sort of a bird's-eye view of the repaired arm (bent at the angle in which they casted her) and where they put the pins.

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