Robot Arm

Sienna and I got to spend a little Daddy and daughter time yesterday, because Shelly took the three other girls to a Skating party, which our church youth group was having. Sienna was tired from the last few days of staying up way past her bedtime. She helped carry boxes of Christmas stuff downstairs and then We spent the time cuddled on the couch watching Disney channel shows. It was a peaceful evening.

It was in the midst of the Phineas and Ferb episode where Dr. Doofenschmertz is sick when I got the text from Shelly. "Savannah is never going skating again." it said. For those of you that don't know, Savannah has been skating once before. It was a party I needed to pick her up early from, because she fell and put a hairline fracture in the left arm. So, when I got this text, I wrote back, "Did she fall?". This seemed the most likely thing to have happened, but when you have a hundred kids hyped up on sugar, flailing around on wheeled feet, it certainly was not the only possibility. She fell.

Not only did she fall, but this fall resulted in a bump on her right arm and considerable pain. Pastor Jim, the youth pastor and our friend, agreed to bring the other two girls home, so Shelly could take Savannah to St. Mary's Hospital. Not only did she fall, but an hour or so later, we learned she broke her right arm. That's right, she has been skating twice, the first time she broke her left arm and the second time she broke her right. She is right, she is never going skating again.

This morning, as we wait to get a call from the orthopedic surgeon, I performed what I'm pretty sure is a father's duty in this situation. I asked her ridiculous questions. She was not amused when I asked wether her hook would be silver or gold. She was not amused, when I asked her what attachments she wanted for her robot arm. She also was not amused when I asked her what her superhero name would be when she received said robot arm. I can only assume that the pain has made it so she can't fully appreciate my quite funny line of questioning. Don't worry though, I planning a few more cybernetic related questions I'm sure she will enjoy.