Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Park injury

According to the Journal of Ambulatory Pediatrics, children make an estimated 200,000 emergency room visits each year in the United States due to falls from playground equipment. These injuries account for 15-20 deaths each year.
Thankfully, Brianna's fall today didn't turn her into one of those statistics.
If you think I'm being overly dramatic, you should've heard how much she cried over this:

Sad huh. She fell off the uneven bars while attempting a triple back flip. Landed a little off (9.8 score) and scrapped her leg. Cried like a girl.

Amazing how resilient little tykes are though - a few minutes later she was up and going again:




5 comments:

Amy Hunter said...

Oh, I'm so sorry. I hate it when that happens. What a little trooper to get up and get going again! That a girl!

Unknown said...

Emma had a fight on Easter Sunday with the sidewalk. She didn't win, and she was pretty much done with anything Easter at that point. But I think it was harder on Daddy than on Emma.

Unknown said...

This post had me laughing! What a tough little trooper to get back up, even with the low score!

Debbie said...

Maybe you should put long pants on her! Yep, I'M BACK!

Mandy said...

:( Poor baby!