Kira is 3 years and 11 months.

One months shy of Kira's fourth Birthday and 3 days shy of seeing the orthopedic doctor to get the all clear, Kira re-broke her arm.  For the summer she has been less then two weeks without something on her arm and now she will be in a cast for another 6-8 weeks.  The poor kid! All she was doing was running (I know, I know) down the hallway with Kit and she tripped over her dog purse and her poor little arm just wasn't strong enough for the fall.  The surgeon we saw that night said she was in the danger zone as far as a re-break and he was surprised they had cut the cast off so soon and had only required a brace for the following two weeks.  I'm really glad she was able to play in Lake Superior but we would have been just as happy had they re-casted her in the waterproof cast or even let her be and we could have put the bag over it. Now she is stuck in the cast until October!  We had even gone to get the paperwork to sign her up for Mini Mites the night before.  She was so upset right after she fell just because she knew what this meant.  We were supposed to go camping Friday night (This happened Thursday night), we had plans to take the girls back to the Aquatic Center on Sunday, Next Wednesday we were going to start skating again and lets not forget she was going to the doctor on Monday to hopefully get the word she could really play again.  All she kept saying (or sobbing) at the E.R. was "I don't get to play!". It just about broke our hearts! The break has also been a lot more painful for her.  It was the exact same spots but they broke further this time and she had more tissue damage and her hand was way more swollen this time around. We never had to use pain meds the first time but this time she really struggled the first day and a half.  Yesterday you could really see her getting back to her old self though.  This doctor, yes, we changed orthopedic doctors, doesn't want her in a hard cast until Thursday so the swelling is all gone so we are laying low all this week and hopefully we can keep her somewhat still!