Shoulder Injury

The other night Maya was sitting on top of the couch and magically fell off. There was a rather loud thump, and extended crying.. but there is always extended crying with Maya. She crys several times a day. Being a nurse and all I took a courtesy view. No deformity, no bruising, CSM normal, complete ROM with pain- but nothing too concerning. She continued to whine about it, requesting assistance to put on her jammies, even to turn over in bed, but I just thought she was lying it on thick this time, poor girl must really need attention.

The next day, she can't dress herself, can't reach without alot of crying, can't climb into the car or do up her seat belt.... and of course I am at work. Now she absolutely denies there is any thing wrong with her shoulder, she is fine, moving it all around- grimacing with every movement of course. So my daughter became my patient.

Turns out she actually did something. Maya has a first degree shoulder separation. Rather minor but she is making things more difficult for herself. She absolutely refuses to wear a sling. They are 'yucky'. This picture was taken after I had begged her to try the nice fabric sling. The crying was because she hated it so much that she didn't want photographic evidence of her actually wearing it. She is very good about protecting it, not using it, and adapting to the injury, but I'm sure she will be happy to be a fully functional girl in two weeks when it should be healed.