Saturday 27 July 2013

Week from hell...

Not the week just gone, but the one before that! That was the week that I was called by the school to collect Erin because she had hurt herself at athletics day, to turn up and find out she couldn't walk, to then take her to the hospital to find out she had a fracture in her tibia bone! A few hours later and we are home with a full leg cast and all the fun that encompasses!

The good news is (one MRI and visit to an Orthopedic Surgeon later), the cast should come off in just a few weeks, and the fracture should heal ok. The bad news is, the fracture went near to the growth plate and we don't know if it has been affected. Worst case scenario is growth plate in that area won't grow and her leg may start to grow crooked, but we are hoping for best case, which is that it hasn't been effected at all!


A sad and sorry Erin, just after they put the cast on. Actually I think the look is more for the fact that Mum is taking a photo of the whole ordeal!

So the past 10 days have revolved around hospitals, doctors, and many trips between school to drop off different children at different times and then the same at the end of the day! The one thing keeping me going is Andrew and my upcoming trip to Melbourne! We are off on a long weekend next weekend by ourselves and I can't wait!

In the meantime, I have had a little time to sit at my desk and pull something together. I have been continuing to have fun with my Inked class over at Studio Calico. The great thing with this is I can sit for 10 minutes and just play with a new technique and then move on to something else. An excellent way to chill for a bit during the craziness that is my life at the moment.

I did finish a page for the White with One challenge, which is: White + Navy + Arrows


Played around with one of my newly created masks and some distress ink and texture past and the new Mr Huey's navy mist. A fairly clean and simple page, but I like it! Not to mention I have finally scrapped this family photo (only 2 years later...).

Well, that is about it from me for now. Catch you later.

Katie x

5 comments:

BethJ said...

Oh no! Fingers crossed the growth plate isn't affected!

I love your layout, the texture paste and template is a great idea!

Janice Nicholls said...

Fingers crossed for Erin....hope she is getting on okay.

Oh wow, this is a gorgeous layout Katie.....I really love it....everything looks perfect....Beautiful photo....Thanks for sharing with us at WW1, x

Anne P said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE the textures and arrows you have used. At the moment I am sooo jealous of the Shilouette you are using. I know what my fingers are crossed for Christmas for LOL.... Thanks for playing along at WW1.

Unknown said...

A beautiful photo of the family and I like how you have done the arrows differently.Thanks for playing along at WW1

myriamMG said...

i wish all the best for Erin
Thanks for your participation at WW1 : I love your LO and especially the background