There's No Place Like Home

We are home after a MISERABLE weekend. The plan was to go to Gilette Children's on Friday to have the bone set by a pediatric orthopedic physician since the alignment was still off after the first surgery. We went in on Friday for a 3 hour attempt at a closed reduction (meaning they did not have to make an incision into the arm - lower risk for infection). CeCe slept through the whole thing, but her parents worried - a good thing that her mom ran into an old friend, Carol, to help pass the time. Thanks Carol for the emotional support and great distraction! Dr. Walker (the surgeon) met with CeCe's folks after the surgery and spoke of how he could not get things quite lined up, but that most likely they would align over time. CeCe and her mom spent the night recovering from surgery, watching the Garfield movie.
Saturday morning (when we were all set to go home), Dr. Walker came in (on his day off) and told CeCe's mom (Mark was off on a trip) that he had been stewing on it on his drive home, the night before, and that it kept him up, with worry that he may have missed something. He wanted to go in for a second surgery, an open reduction. Once again, we were off to surgery (Mark made it back just in time to see her off). The on-call surgery crew was called in, and Dr. Walker worked for 5 hours with two of his associates on getting the arm pinned just right. Auntie Lisa and Uncle Chris helped CeCe's parents pass the LONG time until the surgery was over.
CeCe and her mom spent one more night in the hospital watching the Garfield movie(Mom got a break with a visit to the Kanter house for Hanukkah - so wonderful to be with family and out of the hospital for a few hours!). CeCe's cousin Morgan came in to wish us well too before we left on Sunday afternoon after our last dose of antibiotic.
We are now home (one more night out at Grandma and Grandpa Herder's house since Mark was off on another trip), and so greatful to be here watching the Garfield movie. We have one more week in a soft splint, and then we go back in for the hard cast on Monday. Two more weeks after that, and we should be out of the cast too.
Thank you to family and friends for thoughts, prayers, distractions, and love to help us through this tough time. We are greatful for you all!!
(and for great insurance)