Took me 27 years...

My husband and I like to stay active, we were active before we had HMB (I played softball until I was about 17 weeks pregnant) and we will continue to be active. Well, last weekend, while being active, I didn't do so well...We were playing flag football for the University of Colorado alumni team. We won two games on Saturday and made it to the Elite 8. In a heated game against Johns Hopkins University, I ran aggressively on to the field and fell...hard. I was in shock for a bit, my knee and left hand hurting. Our resident orthopedic surgeon on our team took a look and said I was fine. I went into the game a few plays later. We beat JHU, woo hoo! We were the lucky ones who go to stay out in the 25 degree weather for another hour and a half. The next game, we were up against Tufts, we were good but they were better and we lost! We held out heads high though, making it to the Final Four! I trekked home with HMB in tow and did some cleaning. Dang, my left hand and wrist REALLY hurts! I eat some lunch, the left wrist is now throbbing, I take some Tylenol and put some frozen corn on my wrist. I called my husband to tell him I was thinking of going to the ER. He came home soon after, looked at m wrist and told me I would be OK. He said I should just call the doctor the next day. The hours go by and my wrist is swollen and seems to be getting worse. OK, HMB is in bed (his crib, more on that in another post) so I head to the ER. Forunately, our city isn't too bad and the hospital is small so there is NO wait! I go right in and see a physicians assistant. Wow, you are the second girl today to come in with a football injury, she says. I get some x-rays done and they tell me I have a hairline fracture. I am all wrapped up in a splint and given some pain meds(THANK YOU!). I schedule an appointment with an orthopedist. The day before me appointment, the ER calls. To follow up,I think? Nope, to tell me that the radiologist looked at me x-ray and there is no hairline fracture (thank goodness) but an actual break in the bone (dammit). I see the ortho and he puts me in a soft cast that I can take off when I shower (or feed HMB or wash dishes or make dinner...). Oh, and by the way, you also have a fractured bone in your elbow! Gee,thanks! No worries, there isn't anything you can do for that!
I started playing sports when I was about 5 years old, playing softball for the Chipmunks and soccer for the Unicorns. It took me 27 years to break a bone, I guess that isn't so bad!