Update

Every time we go to an appointment, Linsey leaves with different braces and slings. All my kids have been having fun taking turns trying them on. Now we have enough to outfit the entire family.

Monday I took Linsey to an orthopedist where we thought she would get a cast put on. Turns out that they typically don't use a cast for a break on this part of the arm, but prefer a fracture brace and sling. As we were about to leave the doctor asked Linsey to move her fingers and wrist around. She was unable to pick up her wrist or move her thumb. This means that the radial nerve that runs down her arm was damaged at some point. He wanted me to take her to the local Children's Hospital for further examination. We saw a pediatric orthopedist that specializes in surgery. She was great, very thorough, very competent and answered
the ten thousand questions we had.

Basically the Radial nerve in Linsey's arm was either stretched or bruised during the
accident. So it stopped working. However, she still has sensation in her fingers and
hand so it's not severed. Linsey even said that originally she felt some numbness in her
hand but that's gone away now. So she's improving. The doctor said that the treatment
for this is to just wait and see if the nerve heals itself, 3 to 4 months. Doing anything else
is too risky and wouldn't help much. Linsey has to wear the brace for at least 2.5 months
but, once it's started to heal, she can take it off to shower and stuff.

We feel much better about her prognosis. We are sure with all the prayers and fasting from concerned family and friends, she's going to pull through this. It's a little weird to see her hand so lifeless but we're confident it will improve.

Thanks for all your help, phone calls and concern. We really do appreciate it.