A week of medical drama

Well it's been a crazy week for us and I haven't had a chance to blog because I have been running to doctor's offices all week long.  Last Tuesday I had our little mother's helper, Zoe, over to help out with the kids.  She comes from 3-6pm on Tuesdays and I was home for most of the time working on stuff but I left with Ryder for 30 minutes (& forgot my cell phone) and wouldn't you know that's when it happened.  Ryan fell off the swingset and scraped the back of her head and fractured her collarbone.

When I got home she was on the couch and had some dried tears but she seemed OK.  I had HUGE mother's guilt that I left without having my phone.  The back of her head was a surface wound, just a scrape, which was good because cuts on the head bleed like the dickens and that had me really worried.  We didn't discover the collarbone fracture until the next morning when we were getting ready for swim lessons.  Ryan didn't want to get out of bed because she was in pain and she showed us the area.  Sure enough it was her clavicle area.  I told Cory that I was sure she did something to her collarbone.  We loaded up all 3 kids and Reese went to her swim lesson, then we all went to TLC Pediatrics where they checked out the cut on her head and then gave me a Xray slip for EVDI.  We left and went to EVDI and waited for Ryan's Xrays to develop.  Sure enough, she had fractured her right clavicle.  They called Dr. Miller and we were told that she could wear a brace if she needed it for comfort but otherwise it has to heal on its own.  She's a really tough little girl and hasn't complained once about the pain (except that first morning after it happened).  She has to take it easy for 6-8 weeks.  We cancelled all our extra activities like swimming and gymnastics.  It's hard to tell an almost 4 year old that she really can't do anything physical but she's done a great job of understanding the situation.

In the mix of all this drama I went to the dermatologist last Tuesday morning to have them look at some dry patches on my arm and also a bump I had on my forehead.  Once I got to the derm's office she looked at my forehead and I told her that the bump came back after she had addressed it 3 years ago.  It was 2007 and she read her notes and said I was supposed to follow up 2 weeks after she removed the bump.  Oops!!!  Sorry, Doctor, I was busy with twin babies and forgot the follow up appointment.  Fast forward 3 1/2 years and I am sitting here with Basal Cell Carcinoma on my forehead.  They biopsied it and I got the call yesterday.  I will be going next Tuesday to discuss my "treatment options".  I think they are going to dig a HUGE chunk out of my forehead.  SO, mama's getting a cut and color today and I think the bangs are coming back to town.  I'm taking in this photo and telling Julie to make me look like this:

Get out your magic wand, Julie.  I want you to make me look like Miss Witherspoon.