Allie has an incredibly high internal pain threshold. The first time we became aware of this was when we were on a skiing holiday and unfortunately she broke her leg in a fall. As she was not screaming in pain the instructor carried her down the slope in a fireman's lift. When she got to the hospital the doctor, having looked at her x-rays said that he couldn't believe she had broken her leg as she was not even crying!
Another time she broke her arm while being given a lift on a quad bike by her sister. We didn't realise it was broken and were trying to make her swim backstroke for two weeks. When we went to the hospital the doctor took one look at her and said "Nice broken arm". Can you imagine the guilt you feel as a parent. Still it did have it's advantages as she heals better without having a cast on as there is too much muscle wastage under a cast.
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