So the appointment with the orthopedist went all right. The doctor was nice, looked at her injury and felt it with his fingers. He said it was still lined up fairly well, and will be mostly healed in 3 weeks, and thoroughly healed in 6. He didn’t know if the ‘figure 8 brace’ would fit her little body or not, and didn’t seem to be too bothered by the thought of it not fitting her.

We sat for way too long in the office waiting to find out, so we stepped out. The nurse was pretty rude to us, saying they were getting the brace. I asked how long it would be, and she just said they were in the process. Then she snapped that we could get it somewhere else if we had to be somewhere. Well… after sitting in that tiny room for at least 45 minutes (after waiting the lobby another 45 or so) with a hurting, hungry little girl.. I decided I’d waiting enough. So we left.

We’ll look around a bit for the brace, but I’m not feelin pressed to get it. We just need to make sure Ashley takes it easy and doesn’t do crazy things to hurt it more.